Page 2303 - Week 06 - Wednesday, 23 June 2010
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Mrs Dunne: You have kissed and made up, have you?
MADAM ASSISTANT SPEAKER: Mrs Dunne, please be quiet.
Mr Hargreaves: Madam Assistant Speaker, on a point of order, Mrs Dunne would well know that, in accordance with the standing orders, I kiss nobody.
Amendment agreed to.
Clause 7, as amended, agreed to.
Proposed new clause 8.
MS HUNTER (Ginninderra—Parliamentary Convenor, ACT Greens) (4.38): I move amendment No 3 circulated in my name [see schedule 1 at page 2367].
It inserts a new clause 8. This new section is about the independent committee. It is a committee of three people who would obviously have the right skills to be able to put together a report that would be used for consultation with the particular school community.
It is quite clear that the committee must consist of three people, selected after consultation with the appropriate standing committee. And on that front, it does say that it will be a standing committee nominated by the Speaker or a standing committee that is responsible for educational issues. That means a standing committee of this place does have a say as far as being able to provide some input into who may be proposed to be part of this committee. Bear in mind, it is quite a large list that goes through the environmental, educational, economic and social impacts that need to be looked at. And that is an extensive list. It is a comprehensive list.
Many of those things were picked up from the inquiry. We did send over our amendments, as Ms Bresnan said earlier, to the inquiry so that we could also seek their advice on what they thought about what had been proposed in our first set of amendments back in 2008.
This has been developed, with the assistance particularly of experts like Alison Ziller, around the social impact part that needed to be included. I believe that this really does get to the heart of a range of issues that would need to be considered if there were a proposal for amalgamation of schools or a closure of any school.
MR BARR (Molonglo—Minister for Education and Training, Minister for Planning, Minister for Tourism, Sport and Recreation and Minister for Gaming and Racing) (4.40): The government will support amendment No 3, proposed new clause 8, circulated by Ms Hunter, with two exceptions.. The amendments will be circulated. I foreshadow that I will be seeking to move two amendments to Ms Hunter’s amendment in relation to the particular lists that are covered on pages 4, 5 and 6 of Ms Hunter’s circulated amendments.
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