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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1999 Week 8 Hansard (26 August) . . Page.. 2545 ..

MS TUCKER (continuing):

I think that this report is very interesting in terms of a lot of those sorts of statements that have been made by people. That is why it is so important that we do have a thorough look at all these issues, including economic modelling, because it did come through to us when we were doing the inquiry that apart from, I think, Victoria there was little understanding of it and little analysis had been done of the impact on local economies of gambling and whether it did bring about huge net benefits, as is claimed.

Amendment agreed to.

MR DEPUTY SPEAKER: Mr Humphries, I expect you will not proceed with the amendment you foreshadowed.

MR HUMPHRIES (Treasurer, Attorney-General and Minister for Justice and Community Safety) (5.04): No, Mr Deputy Speaker. I move:

The amendment is quite straightforward. It links the functions of the commission to those activities determined in the Racing Act 1999.

Amendment agreed to.

MS TUCKER (5.04): I move:

The wording of this amendment was changed in response to a concern that Mr Quinlan raised. We had "funding education" in the original amendment. We now have "providing education and counselling services". This amendment ensures that the relevant recommendations of the select committee are included in the Bill. It is vindicated by the Productivity Commission, which says that policy decisions on key gambling issues have, in many cases, lacked access to objective information and independent advice, including the likely social and economic impacts, and community consultation has been deficient. That relates particularly to paragraph (bc), which refers to engaging in community consultation. That is a really important aspect of this commission's role.

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