Page 1947 - Week 07 - Thursday, 20 August 1992
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and for many others before that. The Government cannot take the automatic position that, in order to have an ACT electoral capacity we must have an ACT electoral office. It does not follow. It can be the case that we get a better service from contracting out with, in this case, the Commonwealth body, and that is what I am saying we need to preserve the option on.
MR CONNOLLY (Attorney-General, Minister for Housing and Community Services and Minister for Urban Services) (5.00): If I could just re-enter the debate, the interim nature of the arrangement seems to be set out in the annual report, where Mr Crispin writes at page 13:
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions -
that is, the ACT office -
was established by the DPP Act 1990, though by arrangement with the Commonwealth its functions were performed by the Commonwealth Director until an independent office could be created.
That occurred on 1 July 1991, which is when we appointed Mr Crispin. My recollection clearly is that it was an interim arrangement, which is what seems to be the director's understanding in that it is in his annual report.
I say to Independent members who may be wondering what to do on this that the analogy of the Human Rights Commissioner or, indeed, the Electoral Office is really not a valid one because they do the same sort of thing. Human rights investigations, Commonwealth or Territory, are the same type of thing. Prosecuting Commonwealth criminal offences which are so specialised is quite different from the ACT.
Clause agreed to.
Remainder of Bill, by leave, taken as a whole, and agreed to.
Bill, as amended, agreed to.
ADJOURNMENT
Motion (by Mr Berry) proposed:
That the Assembly do now adjourn.
Cookbook
MR KAINE (Leader of the Opposition) (5.02): Madam Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity in the adjournment debate - an opportunity I rarely take - to talk about something that I think is very important to Canberra. Members will know that I am coediting a cookbook. The intention is that this cookbook will be sold for the benefit of charity, and in order to turn this into a worthwhile project I have written to a great number of people asking them to submit their recipes.
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