Page 601 - Week 02 - Thursday, 21 February 2019
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for the territory has been presented to the Assembly. The 2018-19 budget committed to a works program of $771 million. The government has successfully delivered $299 million worth of capital investment, being $258 million on infrastructure development and $41 million in information communications technology and plant and equipment. This included $38 million spent on new works, and $261 million spent on works-in-progress. The performance of the program as at 31 December 2018 against the forecast program delivery is 48 per cent. I commend the report to the Assembly.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
Justice and Community Safety—Standing Committee
MR GENTLEMAN (Brindabella—Minister for Police and Emergency Services, Minister for the Environment and Heritage, Minister for Planning and Land Management and Minister for Urban Renewal) (2.45): Pursuant to standing order 211, I move:
That the Assembly take note of the following paper:
Justice and Community Safety—Standing Committee—Report 3—Report on inquiry into the Crimes (Consent) Amendment Bill 2018—Government response.
MR RAMSAY (Ginninderra—Attorney-General, Minister for the Arts and Cultural Events, Minister for Building Quality Improvement, Minister for Business and Regulatory Services and Minister for Seniors and Veterans) (2.45): I am pleased to note the tabling of the government response to the Standing Committee on Justice and Community Safety report No 3 on the inquiry into the Crimes (Consent) Amendment Bill 2018.
The committee’s inquiry examined in detail the terms of the Crimes (Consent) Amendment Bill 2018 as introduced in the Assembly by Ms Caroline Le Couteur MLA on 11 April 2018. I acknowledge the contribution that Ms Le Couteur has made in bringing that bill to the Assembly, and her courage in speaking in support of that bill.
The bill sought to amend the Crimes Act 1900 to introduce a new statutory definition of consent for certain sexual offences and the distribution of intimate images, and to exclude the operation of specified child sex offences to some young people.
The Legislative Assembly referred the bill to the Standing Committee on Justice and Community Safety on 8 May 2018 on the recommendation of the justice and community safety committee in its legislative scrutiny role in its report No 17 dated 4 May 2018.
The purpose of the standing committee’s inquiry was to examine the terms of the bill, in particular the consent provisions, which aim to introduce an affirmative definition of consent in line with modern community standards to enable better outcomes for victims and the community.
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