Page 5092 - Week 17 - Wednesday, 12 December 1990
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MR COLLAERY: I have great pleasure in tabling the annual report of the Department of Justice and Community Services for 1989-90. In so doing, I would like to take this opportunity to remind members of the historic nature of this document. This is the first annual report of the Department of Justice and Community Services and it incorporates the first annual report of the ACT Government Law Office and the first annual report of the Housing and Community Services Bureau. The report provides clear evidence of the progress that has been made by both the ACT Government Law Office and the Housing and Community Services Bureau since self-government.
I congratulate the staff of the department who have worked so hard during the year and contributed to the range of achievements detailed in the report. Clearly they have made a substantial contribution in this important period in the history of the ACT, and they have been well led by the senior bureaucrats who assist me in the management of my department. I look forward with pleasure to being able to table the department's 1990-91 annual report, which I am sure will show even greater progress and further enhance the standing of the department in the community.
Ms Follett: Where is your EEO plan?
MR COLLAERY: I have an answer for that. I challenge you to ask me that tomorrow in question time.
LEGISLATIVE PROCESS
Discussion of Matter of Public Importance
MR SPEAKER: I have received a letter from Mr Stevenson proposing that a matter of public importance be submitted to the Assembly for discussion, namely:
The recurring problem of the passage of Bills through the Assembly in such short time as to limit or prevent fair and adequate:
1. consultation with affected groups and individuals;
2. time for such groups to liaise with their members, MLAs and MPs and to arrange any meetings as may be considered necessary;
3. consideration of the full effects of, and alternatives to, the proposed legislation;
4. research and balanced reporting by the media;
5. time for the research, consideration and debate of bills by all MLAs, and particularly those who are not Government Members and therefore do not have early notification of the presentation of Bills;
6. time for assessment of the proposed legislation by the Scrutiny of Bills and Subordinate Legislation Committee;
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