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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000 Week 7 Hansard (29 June) . . Page.. 2257 ..
MS CARNELL (continuing):
Mr Speaker, provisions dealing with discipline, inefficiency and review systems currently take up about 40 prescriptive and legalistic pages of the Public Sector Management Act. Under the proposed legislation, the provisions would be dealt with in 16 pages of plain English.
Mr Speaker, while there has already been substantial consultation with staff on the issues covered in this Bill through enterprise bargaining negotiations, I am sure that Members, A.C.T. Public Service staff and unions will have views on the proposed legislation. That is why the Government has chosen to table an exposure draft before introducing the Bill during the Spring sittings.
However, it is important to remember that the existing provisions were carried over from the Commonwealth and that the Commonwealth and the majority of A.C.T. Public Service employees have now replaced them. The proposed legislation provides a safety net of rights and obligations in relation to discipline, inefficiency and review of decisions that is modem and relevant. Certified Agreements across the Service show that this style of procedure is acceptable to the majority of staff and unions.
Mr Speaker, I ask the Assembly to note the exposure draft of the Public Sector Management Amendment Bill 2000 and the Explanatory Notes to the draft.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
The following paper was presented by Mr Humphries:
1999-2000 Capital Works Program-Progress report-March quarter.
MR HUMPHRIES (Treasurer, Attorney-General and Minister for Justice and Community Safety): Mr Speaker, for the information of members, I present the following paper:
Residential, Commercial and Community Land Releases in the ACT-2000-01-2004-05, dated June 2000, prepared by the Department of Treasury and Infrastructure.
I ask for leave to make a statement.
Leave granted.
MR HUMPHRIES
: Mr Speaker, I am pleased to table details of the government's land release program for the financial years 2000-01 to 2004-05. The program covers residential, commercial and community land releases. For the next financial year blocks for 1,717 residential dwellings and 27 commercial sites are being prepared for release.
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