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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2002 Week 14 Hansard (12 December) . . Page.. 4463 ..
MR CORBELL (continuing):
detail stage tonight. The amendment ensures that if the Assembly is not sitting within six sitting days the minister must provide the information to members of the Assembly within 14 days.
MRS DUNNE (7.38): I congratulate the minister on adopting this amendment, along many of the others this blind wart-hog suggested at the round table. This is not the only win tonight, but most of the wins appear as the minister's wins. One of the issues I raised was the problem with "promptly"because it has no meaning. I am grateful for the sensible and statesman-like way out that was suggested by the Clerk's office in this and in other areas. It is good to see the minister take on amendments that bring consistency and reliability throughout the bill.
Amendments agreed to.
MR CORBELL ( Minister for Education, Youth and Family Services, Minister for Planning and Minister for Industrial Relations) (7.38): Mr Speaker, I seek leave to move amendments 23 and 24 circulated in my name together.
Leave granted.
MR CORBELL: I move amendments 23 and 24 [see schedule 1 at page 4499].
These amendments amend clause 41. As with the previous two amendments, they standardise periods of time.
MRS DUNNE (7.39): The Liberal opposition supports these amendments because they were originally our amendments.
Amendments agreed to.
MR CORBELL ( Minister for Education, Youth and Family Services, Minister for Planning and Minister for Industrial Relations) (7.39): Mr Speaker, I move amendment No 25 circulated in my name [see schedule 1 at page 4499].
Amendment 25 proposes a new clause 44 (1A), requiring that the land agency prepare a business plan for each financial year. As we have just discussed, I believe it is clear that there is a requirement to prepare a business plan. This amendment clearly states that.
MS TUCKER (7.40): We will be supporting this amendment for reasons similar to those for supporting Mrs Dunne's amendment to clause 38. Mrs Dunne's amendment is good because it ensures that the agency's business plan will guide the agency's operations. This is a similarly good amendment.
MRS DUNNE
(7.40): Mr Speaker, the Liberal opposition will be supporting this amendment, because it goes to part of the issues that we have with this part of the bill. If we cannot vote down this agency, we want to ensure that it operates by sound practices. An important element of that is a business plan. As Ms Tucker said, this is an important element. It takes away the optional status in the bill and makes a business plan mandatory. It is unreasonable that an agency that supposedly will bring in $17 million of
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