Page 5180 - Week 13 - Thursday, 29 November 2018
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Amendment agreed to.
Clause 302, as amended, agreed to.
Clause 303 agreed to.
Schedule 1.
MR COE (Yerrabi—Leader of the Opposition) (8.59), by leave: I move amendments Nos 92 to 94 circulated in my name together [see schedule 1 at page 5208]. These amendments tweak the schedule as it relates to the FOI Act. We are not going to allow the ability to FOI the commission but we are going to allow the ability to FOI the inspector. That potentially is a back door to getting information about the commission. As such, we do not think it is consistent.
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) (8.59): On balance we think there is some merit to this. We probably have not had time to give it full consideration, but in the spirit of Christmas and as a return favour to Mr Coe I do not think there are significant risks associated with accepting this amendment tonight. With the small caveat that if we are alerted to anything we may revisit it, for now I think it is reasonable to support it.
MR RATTENBURY (Kurrajong) (9.00): We will be supporting these amendments. We believe it is consistent that the same requirements apply to the commission and the inspector under the FOI provisions.
Amendments agreed to.
Schedule 1, as amended, agreed to.
Dictionary agreed to.
Title.
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) (9.01): This is the last opportunity to speak, so I will very briefly thank all those who have been involved in the drafting of this legislation—those who have worked many hours on the crossbench, the opposition and my own office. It is an extraordinary piece of work. I think we are all better versed in the fine detail of this legislation than we were when we began this process two years ago.
Thank you to all those who have contributed. I particularly want to acknowledge Minister Rattenbury for chairing both the select committees and for engaging in this process and being willing to change his mind on occasion, as was the government. I also acknowledge Mr Coe, in bringing forward 94 amendments this evening. That is a significant piece of work. That we were able to reach agreement on many of them is
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