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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1999 Week 8 Hansard (25 August) . . Page.. 2372 ..
MS CARNELL (Chief Minister): I seek leave to make a statement.
Leave granted.
MS CARNELL: I can give a very good reason. We have not said we will not deal with it because it is in the commission. We have said we will not deal with it because we are not ready. The Bill has not been to Cabinet.
Mr Corbell: You have changed your reason now?
MS CARNELL: No. That is the reason we have given all the way through. We are not ready to deal with it. It was brought down on 30 June. It has not been to Cabinet. We have not had a chance to consult with the industry. We have not done a business impact study as we do on all the legislation we bring forward to Cabinet. If Mr Corbell and others want a reason, it is that the consultation has not been done, the industry has not been spoken to, the Bill has not been to Cabinet and the Government is not ready.
Why we are not ready to deal with it is quite simple. The fact that it is in the Industrial Relations Commission is a good reason for this Assembly to support adjourning it but not the reason the Government wants to adjourn it.
MR KAINE: Mr Speaker, I seek leave to speak.
Leave granted.
MR KAINE: There appears to be some doubt about the Government's ability to go ahead with this debate at the moment. I have heard the Attorney-General give an undertaking that the matter will be brought on again next week if we adjourn it. For those reasons, Mr Speaker, I formally move:
That so much of the standing and temporary orders be suspended as would prevent the question on the adjournment of debate being again put.
Question resolved in the affirmative, with the concurrence of an absolute majority.
Debate (on motion by Mr Smyth ) adjourned.
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