Page 2868 - Week 07 - Wednesday, 29 June 2011

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was a test for her to say, “I am different, I am open and I am going to back up my rhetoric with some action.” She has failed. And the Greens have failed, because they have decided to fall into line on a principle which they apparently used to hold dear.

I commend the motion to the Assembly.

Question put:

That Mr Seselja’s motion be agreed to.

The Assembly voted—

Ayes 6		Noes 11
Mr Coe	Mr Smyth	Mr Barr	Mr Hargreaves
Mr Doszpot		Dr Bourke	Ms Hunter
Mrs Dunne		Ms Bresnan	Ms Le Couteur
Mr Hanson		Ms Burch	Ms Porter
Mr Seselja		Mr Corbell	Mr Rattenbury
		Ms Gallagher

Question so resolved in the negative.

Motion negatived.

Social procurement

MS HUNTER (Ginninderra—Parliamentary Convenor, ACT Greens) (5.14): I move:

That this Assembly:

(1) notes:

(a) the recommendations of the Public Accounts Committee inquiry report into ACT Government Procurement;

(b) that government social procurement is an important part of post school options for people with a disability;

(d) that the ACT Government launched the social enterprises hub in June 2010;

(e) the capacity of ACT Government procurement decisions to affect positive social and economic outcomes, particularly amongst disadvantaged groups within the community;

(f) that supporting local social enterprises through government procurement is an important way to support the local economy; and

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