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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 3 Hansard (8 April) . . Page.. 645 ..
MR SPEAKER: I wish to advise members that there is a malfunction in the timing clock system in the chamber and that, as a consequence, they will not operate in this sitting week. As an alternative, the Clerk will have a stopwatch and a bell to time members' speeches. As is the normal practice, the bell will ring two minutes prior to the conclusion of each member's speech.
(AMENDMENT) BILL 1997
MR WHITECROSS (Leader of the Opposition) (10.32): Mr Speaker, I ask for leave to present the Legislative Assembly (Members' Staff) (Amendment) Bill 1997.
Leave granted.
MR WHITECROSS: Mr Speaker, I present the Legislative Assembly (Members' Staff) (Amendment) Bill 1997.
Title read by Clerk.
MR WHITECROSS: I move:
That this Bill be agreed to in principle.
Mr Speaker, the Legislative Assembly (Members' Staff) Act is one of the older Acts passed by this parliament. It was passed in 1989 to regulate the arrangements under which members' staff are employed by members of the Legislative Assembly. In brief, Mr Speaker, the Legislative Assembly (Members' Staff) Act gives to the Chief Minister the power to approve arrangements and to make determinations with respect to the employment of staff of members and also the conditions of their employment. There are certain matters which are specifically prescribed in the Act, but a lot of the provisions are left in the hands of the Chief Minister.
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