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taken a responsible approach to the budget, maintaining growth while returning our budget to balance in a measured way. I commend the budget to the Assembly.
Title agreed to.
Question put:
That this bill, as amended, be agreed to.
The Assembly voted—
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Ayes 9 |
Noes 8 | ||
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Mr Barr |
Ms Gallagher |
Mr Coe |
Ms Lawder |
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Ms Berry |
Mr Gentleman |
Mr Doszpot |
Mr Smyth |
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Dr Bourke |
Ms Porter |
Mrs Dunne |
Mr Wall |
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Ms Burch |
Mr Rattenbury |
Mr Hanson | |
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Mr Corbell |
Mrs Jones | ||
Question so resolved in the affirmative.
Bill, as amended, agreed to.
Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Bill 2014-2015
Debate resumed from 3 June 2014, on motion by Mr Barr:
That this bill be agreed to in principle.
MR HANSON (Molonglo—Leader of the Opposition) (7.42): Madam Speaker, I will comment briefly and supportively on this element of the bill with regard to the ACT Electoral Commission, which has now become an Officer of the Legislative Assembly under your wise guidance, no doubt. Last week, as we all know, we voted in this place to expand the size of the Assembly and to create five electorates, each with five seats. This is going to create a reasonable amount of work, I would imagine, for the Electoral Commissioner and his staff, so I note that he has got a lot of work ahead of him. I hope that that is done in a timely fashion, and I have certainly expressed that desire to the Electoral Commissioner. But it is a very important process to make sure that redistribution is done so that we have a fair and equitable electoral system for the people by 2016. I look forward to this new era and life in the Assembly with the Electoral Commissioner under the Assembly.
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) (7.44), in reply: To close the debate, Madam Speaker, I would like to thank colleagues for their contributions to this part of the debate. The separate appropriation for the Office of the Legislative Assembly is obviously something that has been considered important. As always, you would expect any Treasurer, Madam Speaker, to say, “Spend the money wisely and in the best interests of the people of the Australian Capital Territory.”
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