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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2004 Week 05 Hansard (Friday, 14 May 2004) . . Page.. 2086 ..

MR STEFANIAK (12.29 am): I move the amendment circulated in my name. It is the second amendment on the yellow sheet [see schedule 7 at page 2136]. I have already read out why this has to occur, in relation to the Electoral Commissioner indicating that if my earlier amendments were successful—and they have been—this would be needed. Accordingly, I so move it.

MR STANHOPE (Chief Minister, Attorney-General, Minister for Environment and Minister for Community Affairs) (12.29 am): I move that Mr Stefaniak’s amendment be amended by deleting the words “ballot group”.

MS DUNDAS (12.29 am): Mr Speaker, I have an amendment that does exactly the same thing circulating so that all members can see it.

MR SPEAKER: We will have to have an amendment in writing.

MS DUNDAS: I am circulating an amendment now in writing. That is why I tried to get to my feet before Mr Stanhope.

MR SPEAKER: So you are not going to proceed with that amendment, Mr Stanhope?

Mr Stanhope: It is the same amendment.

MR SPEAKER: The problem is that you do not have an amendment circulated in writing.

Mr Stanhope: I take the point. The amendment I proposed to move has just been circulated by Ms Dundas.

MS DUNDAS: I move the amendment circulated in my name on the piece of paper that is being circulated now [see schedule 8 at page 2136].

This is a simple amendment. There was an amendment relating to this clause in section 48 in relation to a prescribed amount. Mr Stefaniak’s amendment, whilst putting in “non-party groups”, did not remove “ballot groups”. Mr Stanhope also had an amendment circulated that would have done what we would have liked, but Mr Stefaniak got the call—so this amendment is necessary. For consistency, the words “ballot groups” need to be removed from this amendment.

Ms Dundas’s amendment agreed to.

Mr Stefaniak’s amendment, as amended, agreed to.

Clause 48, as amended, agreed to.

Clauses 49 and 50, by leave, taken together.

MR STEFANIAK (12.31 am): I will be opposing these clauses. These are again consequential.

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