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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2002 Week 7 Hansard (4 June) . . Page.. 1872 ..

The Assembly voted-

Ayes, 7

Noes, 10

Mr Cornwell

Mr Pratt

Mr Berry

Ms MacDonald

Mrs Cross

Mr Smyth

Mr Corbell

Mr Quinlan

Mrs Dunne

Mr Stefaniak

Ms Dundas

Mr Stanhope

Mr Humphries

Ms Gallagher

Ms Tucker

Mr Hargreaves

Mr Wood

Question so resolved in the negative.

Amendment negatived.

Clause 2 agreed to.

Clause 3 agreed to.

Clause 4 agreed to.

Clause 5.

MS DUNDAS (5.13): I move the amendment circulated in my name [see schedule 2 at page 1895].

Mr Speaker, my amendment seeks to provide a sunset clause for the major changes in this bill. It does not affect the new section 60B (1) (c) that recognises women's sport as a unique category of community contribution. I am happy to support separately recording women's sport contributions, so we can more closely examine how clubs allocate sports funding. However, I think this issue needs to be discussed in the wider context of reform of the Gaming Machine Act. That is why I have moved this amendment, which expires at the same time as the current cap on gaming machines. This will give us the opportunity to look at the entire issue of community contributions and how they are allocated, and not focus on a single group.

I believe that other groups that receive community contributions, such as social welfare organisations and charities, deserve the same consideration as women's sports, when we consider the operation of this act. It may also give us some time to look at the government's implementation of this new scheme, to see how it will function on the level of funding that results from this initiative. I am very keen to see this new regime considered in the wider context of the gaming review, the results of which I hope we will have before 30 June 2003.

As I have mentioned before, this mechanism for funding women's sport includes many problems that I have concerns with. Given the small amount of information we have on the outcomes of this legislation, and the lack of detail in the implementation process, I believe it is most prudent to insert this sunset clause, to ensure that it undergoes reconsideration by the Assembly before being enacted, perhaps permanently.

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