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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 3 Hansard (10 April) . . Page.. 885 ..

MR HUMPHRIES: Mr Speaker, this Government will go to the next ACT election proud of its achievement of a fifth ambulance crew to service the people of the ACT. It is a great irony that we should be attacked for delivering what a previous government promised and failed to deliver.

Mrs Carnell: I ask that all further questions be placed on the notice paper.

MRS CARNELL (Chief Minister) (3.20): Mr Speaker, for the information of members, I present the Annual Reports Directions for 1996-97, a declaration made under section 4 and directions made under subsection 8(2), paragraph 8(5)(b) and section 10 of the Annual Reports (Government Agencies) Act 1995. Pursuant to section 15 of the Act, I also present a declaration made under section 5 and directions made under paragraph 6(2)(b), subsection 7(2), and paragraph 8(5)(a) of the Act. I move:

That the Assembly takes note of the papers.

Mr Speaker, in accordance with section 15 of the Annual Reports (Government Agencies) Act 1995, I table the instruments setting in place the annual reporting requirements for the 1996-97 reporting year. Under the Act, these instruments must be tabled, although they are not disallowable. The Annual Reports Directions define any reporting entities in addition to administrative units and set the requirements for all annual reports provided under this legislation.

I would like to note that the format of the directions is designed to complement the performance information provided this year for the first time. As a result, the directions provide a framework for comprehensive annual reporting. The Government has agreed to set a deadline of 25 September 1997 for the tabling of all annual reports due in September. This is in advance of the deadline for tabling set in the Act, which would allow Ministers until 6 November to table annual reports. This ensures that members will have sufficient opportunity to consider all the reports in the non-sitting period between the September and November sittings.

Debate (on motion by Mr Whitecross) adjourned.

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