Page 571 - Week 02 - Tuesday, 10 February 2009
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MADAM ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Ms Burch): Thank you, Mr Hanson. Mr Stanhope.
MR STANHOPE: The issue is about urgency in relation to an issue for which the Liberal Party have clamoured long and loud—that is, it is an urgent and overdue reform. I just think we need to understand this: this is a reform which the government committed to in the election campaign. I just want people to understand that. This is a commitment we made in the election campaign for which we are being denied the capacity to follow through on. It is a matter of urgency. It is a matter for which the Liberal Party castigated the government for not being serious enough about a serious issue. This would put us in step with the rest of Australia. We remain out of step with every other jurisdiction in Australia in relation to this matter. This particular amendment would have put us back in step with the rest of Australia.
This is an urgent matter and it deserves to be passed today. However, it will not be passed today and will be referred to a committee, along with a number of other matters which we propose to seek to have referred to the committees over the next week or two. That is consistent with the mood and the approach we have to a number of issues which we would like to refer to the committees, and we will be pursuing those in the short term. Of course, the government will look for your support when we ask the committees to pursue issues of concern to all of us. This is an urgent matter and it deserves urgent attention. To the extent that it is now being referred to a committee, it needs to be dealt with sooner rather than later.
Amendment agreed to.
Motion, as amended, agreed to.
Rhodium Asset Solutions Ltd
MS GALLAGHER (Molonglo—Treasurer, Minister for Health, Minister for Community Services and Minister for Women) (9.04), by leave: I move:
That:
(1) in accordance with section 16(4) of the Territory-owned Corporations Act 1990, this Assembly approves the disposal of any of the main undertakings of Rhodium Asset Solutions Limited including the ACT Government Passenger and Light Commercial Fleet Vehicle Management Contract, as well as various categories of operating and novated leases; and
(2) this Assembly approves the Voting Shareholders resolving to amend the constitution of Rhodium Asset Solutions Limited to remove the references to the Territory-owned Corporations Act 1990 upon removal of the company from Schedule 1 of the Act.
I thank the Assembly for allowing me to bring this on tonight when I missed the call earlier today.
On 22 July 2008 the government announced that the sale of Rhodium would not proceed and that it had been decided to engage an external manager to wind down the
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