Page 3637 - Week 08 - Friday, 24 August 2012

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Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Bill 2012-2013

Debate resumed from 23 August 2012, on motion by Mr Barr:

That this bill be agreed to in principle.

Question resolved in the affirmative.

Bill agreed to in principle.

Leave granted to dispense with the detail stage.

Bill agreed to.

Estimates 2012-2013—Select Committee

Report

Debate resumed from 14 August 2012, on motion by Ms Bresnan:

That the report be noted.

Question resolved in the affirmative.

Report—government response

Debate resumed from 14 August 2012, on motion by Mr Barr:

That the report be noted.

Question resolved in the affirmative.

Election Commitments Costing Bill 2012

Debate resumed from 14 August 2012, on motion by Mr Barr:

That this bill be agreed to in principle.

MR SMYTH (Brindabella) (4.52): The opposition will be supporting this bill. First, however, I need to thank the Treasurer and his advisers for arranging a joint briefing with the Greens on the bill at rather short notice, so thank you for that. The briefing was most useful in clarifying a number of aspects of the bill as well as the guidelines. The main point I want to make is that we had two fundamental concerns with the exposure draft of this proposal. These were that the draft of the guidelines contained

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