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Clause 73, as amended, agreed to.
Clause 74.
MR BARR (Kurrajong—Chief Minister, Treasurer, Minister for Social Inclusion and Equality, Minister for Tourism and Special Events and Minister for Trade, Industry and Investment) (7.41): I move amendment No 5 circulated in my name [see schedule 3 at page 5210].
Amendment agreed to.
MR BARR (Kurrajong—Chief Minister, Treasurer, Minister for Social Inclusion and Equality, Minister for Tourism and Special Events and Minister for Trade, Industry and Investment) (7.41): I move amendment No 6 circulated in my name [see schedule 3 at page 5210].
Amendment agreed to.
Clause 74, as amended, agreed to.
Clauses 75 to 77, by leave, taken together and agreed to.
Clause 78.
MR COE (Yerrabi—Leader of the Opposition) (7.42): I move amendment No 30 circulated in my name [see schedule 1 at page 5203]. We have an interesting situation whereby we are moving a consequential amendment to clause 78 but it is dependent upon my amendment No 51, which is a change to section 205. So we might have a bit of a proxy debate about amendment 51, then that will inform us about these earlier amendments that are consequential.
The select committee report clearly states that the inspector notifications as per recommendation 45 should be removed. Page 66 of the select committee report states:
The Committee views the Inspector as having a powerful oversight role of the Commission’s operations rather than a day to day involvement in the Commission’s processes. The Committee did not envisage the legislation containing the kind of provisions described above … The Committee is of that view that such provisions should be removed from the legislation as they are unnecessary if the Inspector’s broad powers are stated as recommended above.
Amendment 51 is the omission of clause 205(a). Clause 205(a) states that the commissioner must give a written report to the inspector at the end of each month, including a copy of each confidentiality notice given to a person under sections 78 and 79. I really do not think that it is the role of the inspector to get involved in these day-to-day matters. I think there is a role for oversight, of course. There is a role for the inspector to follow the cases at large. But I do not think they should get involved in the nitty-gritty. The quarterly and annual reporting should be enough.
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