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I note Mr Humphries's dissenting report to the committee's report on this issue. I know that Mr Humphries does not agree with the decision that the committee made to reject the legislation at this stage. However, I think Mrs Grassby and I have outlined to the Assembly our preferred approach of looking at educative ways of resolving the difficulties in Garema Place rather than introducing legislation.
In conclusion, Madam Speaker, I would like to thank the members of the committee for their hard work in addressing a legitimate issue which required, in my opinion, a problem solving approach to be taken. I would particularly like to thank the chair of our committee, Mr Humphries. The committee has produced a report which he has some difficulties with. That is always a difficult position for the chair of a committee to be in. I would also like to thank both Ron Owens and the staff of the Legislative Assembly Secretariat for their assistance in compiling this report. Madam Speaker, I look forward to the Government's response to this report and in particular on whether in the near future they will be able to fund skateboard facilities for both Civic and Phillip.
Debate (on motion by Mr Connolly) adjourned.
POSTPONEMENT OF ORDERS OF THE DAY
Motion (by Mr Lamont, by leave) agreed to:
That orders of the day Nos 2 to 5, Assembly business, be postponed until the next day of sitting.
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS - STANDING COMMITTEE
Report on Review of Auditor-General's Reports
MR KAINE (12.01): Madam Speaker, I present report No. 7 of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts containing the findings of its examination of six Auditor-General's reports, together with extracts from the minutes of proceedings, and I move:
That the report be noted.
I will be brief. I know that we are a bit short of time today, but there are a few things in connection with these six Auditor-General's reports that I think I should make some brief comment about. Probably the one that warrants most comment is report No. 1 of 1992. That dealt with information technology management policies in the ACT Government Service. If members read this report carefully, they will see that the committee has some concerns about the overall management of information technology within the Government Service. We have summed up our concerns at paragraph 2.46, where we note that the committee would like to see something more than simple assertions of intent in respect of the Auditor-General's recommendations and will be looking for more positive and tangible evidence of support in terms of implementation in the future. While we were given all sorts of assurances of intent by officers before the committee, we have not seen much evidence of them actually putting the Auditor-General's recommendations into practice. So we would like to see something a little more positive there.
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