Page 3777 - Week 09 - Tuesday, 24 August 2010
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I would like to also note that, in conversations with Mrs Dunne yesterday, she did indicate to me that she had amendments. She did explain them to me, but I have not seen them in writing. She has raised issues that we would want to seriously consider. I think that does provide another reason that we could not debate this legislation this morning. Mrs Dunne would have stood up, if we had gone forward, and moved those amendments, and the Greens would not have been in a position to have supported or, frankly, disagreed with those amendments. We would not have had time to consider them.
We were prepared to debate in principle this morning. Unfortunately, between the discussions amongst the various parties, that has not been agreed. I think that we do support this legislation in principle. I think it could have been useful to move forward at some point this morning, but it does not seem to have been possible to agree to that either. Hopefully, we can move forward on this soon, and we can address this very important issue of late-night transport.
Sitting suspended from 11.36 am to 2 pm.
Legislative Assembly—suspension of sitting
MR SPEAKER: Members, before we commence question time, I believe all members are aware that we will be suspending the sitting just before 3 pm. I will try to find an appropriate point, assuming we are still going with question time. Members, we will resume with the ringing of the bells after about an hour.
Questions without notice
Taxation—change of use
MR SESELJA: My question is to the Treasurer. Treasurer, the government is currently undertaking a review of the change of use tax, including codification of the charge. Industry is still quite uncertain about this review as it was to be completed by 1 July this year. Given this deadline has now passed, can you update the Assembly on the review’s progress? When will codification come into effect?
MS GALLAGHER: I think I have said in this place a number of times that we had indicated to industry that we were extending the consultation around codification. There are a number of pieces of work being undertaken at the moment, including reviewing the schedules in the draft report, finalising the draft report, keeping the commitments we have given the Assembly around updating the Assembly about a number of pieces of work.
It has not reached cabinet at this stage. So we are hoping that certainly in the next month a number of those pieces of work will be finalised in order for cabinet to consider them further and in order to meet our responsibilities under the motion that was passed in this place.
MR SPEAKER: A supplementary, Mr Seselja?
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