Page 3441 - Week 08 - Wednesday, 17 August 2011

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Ayes 6		Noes 11
Mr Coe	Mr Smyth	Mr Barr	Mr Hargreaves
Mr Doszpot		Dr Bourke	Ms Hunter
Mrs Dunne		Ms Bresnan	Ms Le Couteur
Mr Hanson		Ms Burch	Ms Porter
Mr Seselja		Mr Corbell	Mr Rattenbury
		Ms Gallagher

Question so resolved in the negative.

ACT public service—governance

MS HUNTER (Ginninderra—Parliamentary Leader, ACT Greens) (6.41): I move:

That this Assembly:

(1) notes:

(a) that well resourced oversight and integrity agencies and robust integrity mechanisms are vital for good governance and a healthy democracy;

(b) the importance of a culture of openness and accountability within all government agencies;

(d) the 2006 Australian Research Council Linkage Project “Whistling While They Work” issues paper Public Interest Disclosure Legislation in Australia: Towards the Next Generation;

(e) that community complaints provide invaluable information and learning opportunities for the improvement of agency service delivery; and

(f) the ACT Ombudsman’s recently expressed concerns about complaint handling by the ACT Public Service and ten-point plan to improve ACT Government service delivery issued on 3 August 2011; and

(2) calls on the Government to:

(a) respond to the Standing Committee on Justice and Community Safety report into the Freedom of Information Act 1989 by the next sitting period;

(b) undertake a comprehensive review of the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1994;

(c) respond to the ACT Ombudsman’s proposed ten-point plan to improve ACT Government service delivery, issued on 3 August 2011;

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