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Nevertheless, I am aware that employer groups may have raised concerns about the cost of additional public holidays. I have taken those concerns into account, but ultimately I consider that the rights of workers and their families to enjoy a public holiday should be appropriately recognised by law.
In addition, the Canberra Business Council was provided with a further opportunity to comment on this proposal. While no formal written comment was received from this group, the Canberra Business Council expressed similar views to other employer groups.
The working arrangements and employers’ needs have evolved over time and have led to an increase in non-Monday-to-Friday workers. This amendment recognises that evolution and moves with it to provide the workers of the ACT with their rightful entitlements and also the legal protections to share and enjoy significant public holidays with their family and friends in a manner in which so many other people in our community take for granted during the Christmas and New Year period. I commend this bill to the Assembly.
Debate (on motion by Mr Smyth) adjourned to the next sitting.
Territory and Municipal Services Legislation Amendment Bill 2014
Mr Rattenbury, pursuant to notice, presented the bill, its explanatory statement and a Human Rights Act compatibility statement.
Title read by Clerk.
MR RATTENBURY (Molonglo—Minister for Territory and Municipal Services, Minister for Corrections, Minister for Housing, Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs and Minister for Ageing) (10.10): I move:
That this bill be agreed to in principle.
Today I am presenting a bill to make minor and technical amendments to several pieces of legislation within the territory and municipal services portfolio. The Territory and Municipal Services Legislation Amendment Bill 2014 will improve the effectiveness of a range of ACT laws through uncontroversial amendments to improve operational efficiency and clarify minor aspects of policy. The bill amends the Animal Diseases Act 2005, Domestic Animals Act 2000, Magistrates Court (Domestic Animals Infringement Notices) Regulation 2005 and the Public Unleased Land Act 2013.
The bill amends section 34 of the Animal Diseases Act 2005 to replace the definition of “swill” with the nationally agreed definition of “prohibited pig feed” and “feeding of prohibited pig feed to control stock”. Swill feeding is the traditional name for the feeding of food scraps and other waste material to pigs. This practice has caused foot and mouth disease outbreaks overseas, including a catastrophic epidemic in the
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