Page 2874 - Week 07 - Wednesday, 29 June 2011
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to me directly about some of the opportunities they think exist within the ACT government’s procurement opportunities. And it is certainly a discussion that I have had with a number of officials about how we can further promote social procurement processes through each directorate.
So a lot of work has been done. I would like to recognise the commitment of Shared Services Procurement in this area, in taking the challenge that was given to them 12 months ago and actually starting to deliver. There are obviously a number of businesses which are quite successful now or are in their embryonic phase where support is being provided to them through the social enterprise hub. The most obvious or the most public example of that is Cafe Ink, which is located at Woden library and has won a number of awards. I think it has won the Chief Minister’s inclusion award. It has been very successful in not only providing catering services to the government but also providing some jobs for people who had been marginalised from the labour market for a long period of time. I should declare a conflict here, in the sense that my brother runs Cafe Ink when he is not on paternity leave looking after his son. I will make that clear. But we as a government think that Cafe Ink is very successful, and I know that a number of other members in this place have used its services.
When I go to Ms Hunter’s motion, I think there is a lot of agreement around almost every element of her amendment, bar some minor changes. I move the amendment circulated in my name:
Omit all words after “That this Assembly”, substitute:
(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 maintaining and supporting broad community social sustainability objectives, including post school options for people with a disability;
(c) that the Government has already developed a policy of social procurement and that the Government issued procurement circular 2010/02 Social Procurement in June 2010;
(d) the ACT Government launched the social enterprises hub in June 2010;
(e) the capacity of ACT Government procurement decisions to effect 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
(g) the potential for social enterprises to also form an important part of the clean economy strategy;
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