Page 159 - Week 01 - Wednesday, 17 February 1993
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MR WOOD: Would you tell me which sign and what the sign says?
Mr Kaine: No, do not tell him what the sign says. He knows which sign you are talking about.
MR WOOD: No, I do not.
Mr Kaine: Don't you read the Canberra Times?
MR WOOD: I have the gist of it now. Madam Speaker, I do read the Canberra Times sometimes. I did note a picture this morning but I did not particularly pay attention to the sign in the background. I think it says something about lots of jobs - 1,500 jobs - being at stake if Hewson gets in. That would seem to me to be a very sensible sign and one that I would support. Whether it is a legal construction, I do not know. It could well be that it was a rather temporary construction for a particular purpose.
Mr Kaine: No. It has been there for a week. Is it going to come down tomorrow or today?
MR WOOD: I have not driven past that area for a while. In due course I might make some inquiry. In the end, all the laws of this Territory will be observed. It is the case that people who leave signs in the middle of a main road from time to time lose them. People in Mr Connolly's department collect them. I will initiate some investigation into this matter. If an approach were made to approve the sign, I might be sympathetic.
Ms Follett: I ask that further questions be placed on the notice paper.
Joint Venture Housing Development - Braddon
MS FOLLETT: Yesterday Mr De Domenico asked me a question, which I took on notice, concerning the guidelines for appointments to public office. My answer, Madam Speaker, is that since self-government general requirements for appointments have been included in various versions of the Cabinet Handbook. The current guidelines provide that assurances must be obtained from prospective appointees in relation to potential conflicts of interest and personal financial affairs. In seeking assurances from prospective appointees their attention is drawn to the fact that they may be required, by the nature of public office, to accept restrictions on certain areas of their private conduct beyond those imposed on ordinary citizens. A code of conduct is drawn to appointees' attention prior to appointment. This code addresses conflicts of interest, use of information obtained as an appointee and the need to notify changes in circumstances.
Mr De Domenico's question arose from a question involving the ACT Electricity and Water Authority. I draw his attention to the requirement of section 22 of the ACTEW Act, which requires members of the authority to disclose matters of personal and financial interest to meetings of the authority. For the information of members I table the relevant portion of the Cabinet Handbook, the code of conduct for appointees and a copy of section 22 of the ACTEW Act.
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