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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000 Week 1 Hansard (15 February) . . Page.. 140 ..

Mr Wood: Everybody knew about it.

MR HUMPHRIES: I am sure they did. You made it quite clear you were having those meeting but the meetings were not - - -

Mr Wood: I am not saying we did the same as you did.

MR HUMPHRIES: We could not have come to the meetings, for example. The submissions that people will be making about our budget will be an open session and open to the public; people will be able to take part in that process in an up-front way.

That is the nature of this innovation. It is a worthwhile one and I hope that the community contributes to that. I hope that the Labor Party particularly - I know it has misgivings about this process - will contribute and at least play ball to see whether it can produce a more robust community-based budget development process.

Question resolved in the affirmative.

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