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leave to table a corrigendum to the Standing Committee on Health, Ageing and Community Services report 10: Report on Inquiry into Maternity Services in the ACT.
Leave granted.
MS CODY: I table the following paper:
Health, Ageing and Community Services—Standing Committee—Report 10—Report on Inquiry into Maternity Services in the ACT—Corrigenda.
Executive business—precedence
Ordered that executive business be called on.
Budget—2020-2021 postponement
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) (11.36), by leave: I move:
That this Assembly:
(1) pursuant to section 5 of the Financial Management Act 1996, resolves to delay the introduction of the Appropriation Bill 2020-2021 and the Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Bill 2020-2021 and 2020-21 Budget until after the election has been held and the formation of a government, noting that this is in line with the National Cabinet decision and actions taken by all other States and Territories;
(2) acknowledges that, as a consequence of the present situation, some amendments will be required to the reporting requirements prescribed by the Financial Management Act 1996; and
(3) acknowledges and accepts alternative measures will be required until a budget can be presented.
This is a straightforward motion in accordance with the Financial Management Act that reflects the situation we find ourselves in. It has been foreshadowed for some time, and I outlined this morning in that major economic statement the process that the government will undertake between now and the caretaker period.
A successful passage of this motion allows that after the territory election, the government that is formed can then commence work—or preclude work, depending on the result of the election—on a 2020-21 budget. I commend the motion to the Assembly.
MR COE (Yerrabi—Leader of the Opposition) (11.37): For years the ACT government have said that their tax reform is fair. Every year in the budget there has been another pitch to Canberrans that their reform is fair, that it is only a cup of coffee a week and that it is reform for the times. Well, now, through the government’s actions, they have admitted that their rates hikes are not fair—they are a burden.
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