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inadvertently misleading it in relation to the advice that I was given by one of my officers.
MR CONNOLLY, by leave: The Opposition accepts that the statement that the Attorney-General made to the house on 7 June was based, in good faith, on advice of his advisers and commends him for the action of promptly making this statement to the house, which sets a clear precedent for ministerial responsibility. The house will accept a genuine apology for an inadvertently misleading statement made in good faith.
PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE - STANDING COMMITTEE
Report
MR JENSEN (9.15): Mr Acting Speaker, I present the report of the Standing Committee on Planning, Development and Infrastructure on the new capital works program 1990-91, together with extracts from the minutes of proceedings, and I move:
That the report be noted.
On 31 May this year the Government's proposed 1990-91 new capital works program was referred to the Planning, Development and Infrastructure Committee for inquiry and report. The annual process of the planning committee inquiring into and reporting on the capital works program is an important means by which the members of the Legislative Assembly, as the elected representatives of the people, can involve the general community in the decision making process. It enables the works proposals for the coming year to be publicly scrutinised and analysed before final decisions are made by the Government.
This year's program involves 93 projects, with a total estimated expenditure of $110m - $26.9m of which is to be spent in the 1990-91 financial year. Given the relatively short period which the committee had to inquire into and report on the program, to enable it to fit in with the budget timetable, it was decided to concentrate on several key aspects: the mechanisms and processes adopted in formulating the program and, in particular, the amount of community consultation undertaken; the projects involving large amounts of expenditure; and those projects about which there was some doubt as to whether they conformed with the three criteria used by Treasury to determine priorities. As well, the committee pursued two sub-themes - that of noting the continuing problems caused by the transition process to self-government, and the need for the recurrent implications of capital works expenditure to be fully explored when priorities are determined.
The committee had a briefing from senior Treasury officials, during which the scope and process of the works
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