Page 1797 - Week 06 - Thursday, 14 May 2015
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We will not be supporting the original proposal which was put forward in this bill; nor will we be supporting the tweak that the government is bringing in to reduce the time line from four months to 15 weeks. It still does not make sense to reduce the reporting information while asking for more time to do so. I indicate that we will not be supporting this clause; nor will we be supporting the minister’s amendments that he will be moving, which make very little difference to the original intent of the bill.
MR BARR (Molonglo—Chief Minister, Treasurer, Minister for Economic Development, Minister for Urban Renewal and Minister for Tourism and Events) (12.02): I move amendment No 1 circulated in my name and table a supplementary explanatory statement to the government amendments [see schedule 1 at page 1853].
As I indicated in closing the in-principle stage, this amendment is the compromise position out of the standing committee’s recommendations and changes the reporting period from three months to 15 weeks. We believe this is an appropriate compromise between the original bill as presented and what the standing committee has recommended, and that this time frame allows for sufficient rigour to be applied to the reporting process following the completion of the audit process.
Amendment agreed to.
Clause 5, as amended, agreed to.
Clauses 6 and 7, by leave, taken together.
MR HANSON (Molonglo—Leader of the Opposition) (12.03): Madam Deputy Speaker, I oppose these clauses. I accept that they will be taken together, but I am opposing them.
MR BARR (Molonglo—Chief Minister, Treasurer, Minister for Economic Development, Minister for Urban Renewal and Minister for Tourism and Events) (12.04): I move amendment No 2 circulated in my name [see schedule 1 at page 1853].
MR HANSON (Molonglo—Leader of the Opposition) (12.04): I reinforce the point that we will be opposing these clauses.
Amendment agreed to.
Clauses 6 and 7, as amended, agreed to.
Proposed new clauses 7A to 7E.
MR BARR (Molonglo—Chief Minister, Treasurer, Minister for Economic Development, Minister for Urban Renewal and Minister for Tourism and Events) (12.05): I move amendment No 3 circulated in my name, which inserts new clauses 7A to 7E [see schedule 1 at page 1853]. This amendment inserts a new definition of the “pre-election period”, as I outlined in my earlier comments.
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