Page 2131 - Week 06 - Thursday, 8 June 2017
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The fifth integrity measure is that the Canberra Liberals propose halving the notifiable invoice threshold to $12,500. By publishing the payments made by government agencies, the community can scrutinise how their money is being spent. We also propose that the government provide the documents in an online, searchable format.
Our sixth reform will require that all land acquisitions must be reported to the public accounts committee. The regular report would include the reason for the acquisition, who was the vendor, the price that was paid, the method of purchase and what commissions or consultancy fees were paid. It is simply not good enough that land purchases remain a secret.
These six integrity reforms will go some way to bringing more transparency to the deals done by the ACT Labor government. In summary, the reforms we are proposing are a public works committee, giving more options to whistleblowers, tracking agency audits, improving the unsolicited proposals process, expanding the invoice register and reporting land acquisitions. These six measures will help but, if we really want to clean house, we need to change the government.
I am very proud to lead the Canberra Liberals. We are a team with broad life experience, with expertise and with diversity. This team is committed to our community. As the opposition has always done, we will continue to advocate for the best interests of Canberrans. Over the coming years the Canberra Liberals will engage on the big issues to plan for a community beyond 2020. We need to leverage off our universities, our businesses and our institutions and the commonwealth to make Canberra even better. I am optimistic about the future of our city. We have enormous capability and we are yet to reach our potential.
By the time of the next election ACT Labor will have been in power for 19 years and seeking a mandate for 23 years. Just as Labor went bad in New South Wales I fear this government is going down that same path. Canberrans deserve better. Canberrans deserve an administration that is clean of corruption and bad deals. We need a Canberra where the community is listened to, where houses are affordable, where kids receive the best education possible, a health system that is reliable, a road and public transport system that serves the whole city, community services that actually work and community and urban services that are accessible to all Canberrans and that are actually befitting of the national capital. The Canberra Liberals will work towards making this happen. The work has already begun.
MR RATTENBURY (Kurrajong) (3.25): The Greens are pleased to welcome the 2016-17 budget. It is a budget we can be proud of. It is the first budget of this Ninth Assembly and it clearly reflects the government partnership between Labor Party and the Greens.
It commits to taking firm steps to address the challenges of the 21st century. The Greens believe that the key challenges for the ACT are to ensure that we become a truly sustainable city, responding to the threats of climate change, and also focus on reducing the pressure on the many vulnerable residents of the ACT. We are proud that,
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