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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000 Week 6 Hansard (23 May) . . Page.. 1609 ..
MR HUMPHRIES (continuing):
of $84,597. The commission has advised that a reduction of this magnitude in its budget would be untenable, given increasing stresses on that budget due particularly to impending major criminal cases.
There are existing alternative service providers to the consumer credit legal service, including the Legal Aid Commission, the Fair Trading Office and the Welfare Rights and Legal Centre, currently funded by the government. Other providers include the Banking Ombudsman, St Vincent de Paul, the Smith Family and the Salvation Army.
I thank the committee for the time and effort they have put into this report and its recommendations. I commend the government's response to the Assembly.
Debate (on motion by Mr Hargreaves ) adjourned.
The following paper was presented by Mr Smyth:
MR SMYTH (Minister for Urban Services) (4.44): For the information of members, I present the following paper:
Planning and Urban Services-Standing Committee-Report No. 43-The draft 2000-01 Budget for the Department of Urban Services [DUS] (presented 28 March Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000)-Government response.
I move:
That the Assembly takes note of the paper.
In January and February of this year the Standing Committee on Planning and Urban Services conducted public hearings on the draft 2000-01 budget. I welcome the examination of the draft budget as it provided an opportunity to examine issues currently being faced by the department. In March the committee issued Report No 43, which contained 15 recommendations.
The response accepts or agrees with five recommendations and notes six recommendations. Four recommendations were not agreed with. Two of the recommendations apply to budget reporting by all ACT government agencies. It is felt that they cannot be supported because of the additional effort required for minimum
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