Page 3658 - Week 08 - Friday, 24 August 2012
Next page . . . . Previous page . . . . Speeches . . . . Contents . . . . Debates(HTML) . . . . PDF . . . . Video
Clauses 29 to 34, by leave, taken together.
MS HUNTER (Ginninderra—Parliamentary Leader, ACT Greens) (6.15): We will be opposing these clauses.
Clauses 29 to 34 negatived.
At 6.16 pm, the sitting was suspended until the ringing of the bells.
The bells having been rung, Mr Speaker resumed the chair at 6.27 pm.
Remainder of bill, by leave, taken as a whole.
MS HUNTER (Ginninderra—Parliamentary Leader, ACT Greens) (6.28), by leave: I move amendments Nos 26 to 28 circulated in my name [see schedule 4 at page 3690].
Amendments agreed to.
Motion (by Mr Smyth) agreed to:
That clauses 23 to 26 be reconsidered.
Clauses 23 to 26 negatived.
Clause 27, as amended—reconsideration.
Motion (by Mr Smyth) agreed to:
That clause 27, as amended, be reconsidered.
Clause 27, as amended.
MR SMYTH (Brindabella) (6.30): I move:
That subsection 275(3) be deleted.
We amended the review period from two years to three years. Subsection 275(3) of the amending bill has the section expiring after six years after the date commences. If we do not delete this, there will only be one review.
MR BARR (Molonglo—Deputy Chief Minister, Treasurer, Minister for Economic Development and Minister for Tourism, Sport and Recreation) (6.30): That is the government’s understanding, so we support that change.
MS HUNTER (Ginninderra—Parliamentary Leader, ACT Greens) (6.30): We will also be supporting that change.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
Clause 27, as amended, agreed to.
Clause 14, by leave, agreed to.
Next page . . . . Previous page . . . . Speeches . . . . Contents . . . . Debates(HTML) . . . . PDF . . . . Video