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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2002 Week 12 Hansard (12 November) . . Page.. 3412 ..

MRS CROSS: Mr Speaker, from 27 September 2002, I take my place in this Assembly as an Independent.

Privileges-Select Committee

Alteration to reporting date

MS TUCKER (11.23): I seek leave to move a motion to alter the reporting date of the Select Committee on Privileges.

Leave granted.

MS TUCKER: I move:

That the resolution of the Assembly of 6 June 2002, as amended on 20 August 2002, concerning the establishment of the Select Committee on Privileges be amended by omitting "by 12 November 2002"and substituting "by 14 November 2002".

Question resolved in the affirmative.

Planning and Environment-Standing Committee

Alteration to reporting date

MRS DUNNE (11.24): Mr Speaker, I seek leave to move a motion to alter the reporting date of the Standing Committee on Planning and Environment inquiry into the Planning and Land Bill 2002.

Leave granted.

MRS DUNNE: I move:

That the resolution of the Assembly of 22 August 2002, as amended on 26 September 2002, concerning the inquiry into the Planning and Land Bill 2002 and the Planning and Land (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2002 be amended by omitting "by 12 November 2002"and substituting "by 19 November 2002".

MR CORBELL (Minister for Education, Youth and Family Services, Minister for Planning and Minister for Industrial Relations) (11.25): Mr Speaker, the government will not be supporting this motion today. As I understand it, the committee has not resolved to agree to seek an extension of its reporting date. It is with a great deal of frustration that I say to the Assembly that this inquiry was agreed to by all parties in the Assembly, on the clear understanding that there would be a tight but workable timeframe.

I originally proposed a reporting date of 5 November. Mrs Dunne, with the agreement of Ms Dundas, approached me and indicated that she and Ms Dundas wanted an additional week-until 12 November. The government agreed to that change to the reporting date. I made it very clear at the time that we believed that was adequate time for the legislation to be considered by the Standing Committee on Planning and Environment.

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