Page 994 - Week 03 - Thursday, 10 April 2014
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Amendment negatived.
Clause 62 agreed to.
Clauses 63 and 64, by leave, taken together and agreed to.
Clause 65.
MR SMYTH (Brindabella) (4.23): I move amendment No 10 circulated in my name [see schedule 1 at page 1007].
I am rapidly running out of places to insert review or legal cost clauses, but we will give it one more try. If you take on board the two reports from 2008 and 2011, or you go and read some of the transcript of the hearings that were held last month, you will see that people are still raising the issue of the ability of those in this scheme to have independent review and to have proper review. It is very important. The issue came up again in some of the recent hearings. People need to be able to be funded to do that. If we close off this avenue for legal costs, we are saying that those in the scheme cannot have justice. I urge members to reconsider their position, because I have no doubt that, in the years to come, we will be back here to amend this mistake—as we do with so many bills from the government.
Amendment negatived.
Clause 65 agreed to.
Clauses 66 to 92, by leave, taken together and agreed to.
Proposed new part.
MR SMYTH (Brindabella) (4.25): I move amendment No 11 circulated in my name [see schedule 1 at page 1007].
This amendment is to insert a new part, 10A, containing the meanings of “reviewable decision”, “reviewable decision notices” and “applications for review”. Again, I implore members to listen to recommendations of two committees from two different parliaments of New South Wales. They believe there should be a review mechanism that is robust and independent of the commission. This is your last chance.
MR BARR (Molonglo—Deputy Chief Minister, Treasurer, Minister for Economic Development, Minister for Sport and Recreation, Minister for Tourism and Events and Minister for Community Services) (4.26): As tempting as it is to take the last chance, I will go back to my earlier comments: a consistent approach throughout the bill is necessary in order to ensure that we have an operable bill at the end of the process. However, I do think we are about to reach a point where there might be an agreement on an amendment; we will celebrate that in 30 seconds.
Amendment negatived.
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