Page 467 - Week 02 - Wednesday, 15 February 2017

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The Assembly voted—

Ayes 13		Noes 10
Mr Barr	Ms Orr	Mr Coe	Mr Milligan
Ms Burch	Mr Pettersson	Mr Doszpot	Mr Parton
Ms Cheyne	Mr Ramsay	Mrs Dunne	Mr Wall
Ms Cody	Mr Rattenbury	Mr Hanson
Ms Fitzharris	Mr Steel	Mrs Jones
Mr Gentleman	Ms Stephen-Smith	Mrs Kikkert
Ms Le Couteur		Ms Lee

Question resolved in the affirmative.

Motion, as amended, agreed to.

ACT Greens-Labor parliamentary agreement

MR COE (Yerrabi—Leader of the Opposition) (12.17): I move:

That this Assembly:

(1) notes regarding the Parliamentary Agreement for the 9th Legislative Assembly:

(a) the document is signed by representatives of the Australian Labor Party, ACT Branch and ACT Greens;

(b) Part XI reaffirms that the agreement is a party-political document; and

(c) Part X (Review of this Agreement) calls on the Head of Service to provide a quarterly report on progress of the Agreement to Greens and Labor MLAs;

(2) notes that:

(a) Parliamentary Agreements have previously been deemed party-political documents;

(b) engaging the Head of Service to be involved with reviewing the Agreement and reporting to Greens and Labor MLAs on the Agreement is an inappropriate politicisation of the public service; and

(3) calls on the Government to not involve the Head of Service, or other directorate resources, in reviewing the agreement and reporting to Greens and Labor MLAs on the Agreement.

This is a motion that, at its core, is about integrity. It is about making sure that we do not have a politicised public service. It is about making sure that party business is not being funded by taxpayers in the form of public servants who should not be caught up in the deliberations of political parties.

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