Page 5177 - Week 13 - Thursday, 29 November 2018
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Clause 243 agreed to.
Clauses 244 and 245, by leave, taken together and agreed to.
Clause 246.
MR COE (Yerrabi—Leader of the Opposition) (8.48): I move amendment No 73 circulated in my name [see schedule 1 at page 5206]. This is, we believe, a simplification of the text in the government’s bill regarding when the inspector is acting as the commissioner.
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) (8.48): This removes the consultation requirements for the Chief Minister, opposition leader and other party leader and sees it with the committee, similar to the process we discussed earlier in relation to the commissioner. It is the same here as for the inspector, so we will support this.
MR RATTENBURY (Kurrajong) (8.49): We believe this amendment improves the section, and we are happy to support it.
Amendment agreed to.
Clause 246, as amended, agreed to.
Clauses 247 to 250, by leave, taken together and agreed to.
Clause 251.
MR COE (Yerrabi—Leader of the Opposition) (8.50): I move amendment No 74 circulated in my name [see schedule 1 at page 5207]. Just for additional clarity, we have a minor amendment which includes inserting a note.
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) (8.50): This is a note we are happy to see inserted, Madam Speaker.
MR RATTENBURY (Kurrajong) (8.50): We will also be supporting this note, as we believe it improves the clarity of the section.
Amendment agreed to.
MR COE (Yerrabi—Leader of the Opposition) (8.50): I move amendment No 75 circulated in my name [see schedule 1 at page 5207]. This important amendment means that the inspector must not appoint a person as a member of staff of the commission if the person had in the past five years immediately before that date been a public servant. The inspector’s staff should not be held to different standards when dealing with substantially similar information, particularly if frequent reporting is
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