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MRS JONES: Scrutiny report 31 contains the committee’s comments on eight bills, 16 pieces of subordinate legislation, four government responses and proposed amendments to two bills. The report was circulated to members when the Assembly was not sitting. I commend the report to the Assembly.
Ngunnawal Bush Healing Farm
Statement by minister
MS FITZHARRIS (Yerrabi—Minister for Health and Wellbeing, Minister for Higher Education, Minister for Medical and Health Research, Minister for Transport and Minister for Vocational Education and Skills) (10.24): I seek leave to correct the record in relation to an answer I gave to a question on notice asked by Mrs Kikkert on 14 May.
Leave granted.
MS FITZHARRIS: Mrs Kikkert asked a question in relation to the number of clients that have attended healing programs at the Ngunnawal Bush Healing Farm. In answering that question, I relied on a briefing provided by ACT Health that referenced 85 clients having attended programs at the bush healing farm. But that briefing included a transposition error and it should have read 35. To date 35 clients have attended programs at the Ngunnawal Bush Healing Farm. I wrote to Mrs Kikkert last week to bring her attention to the error, provide her with the correct information and apologise for this oversight.
Fuel Pricing—Select Committee
Interim report
MS CHEYNE (Ginninderra) (10.25): I present the following report:
Fuel Pricing—Select Committee—Report—Interim Report on Inquiry into ACT Fuel Pricing, dated 30 May 2019, together with a copy of the relevant minutes of proceedings.
I move:
That the report be noted.
MS CHEYNE: As members are aware, this report was tabled out of session last Thursday, 30 May. As I flagged last sitting when we extended the reporting date, this is an inquiry where there is a significant degree of vested interest. As a committee we have been lobbied from perhaps every direction imaginable. On occasions, evidence provided by one source has been contradicted by another.
As a committee we are approaching this inquiry and any possible recommendations with caution and care. We are very wary of employing measures which may result in unintended negative consequences. Of particular concern to the committee is that it is difficult to forecast the impact of each of the different measures on fuel prices. But
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