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disclosed confidential proceedings of the committee. The secretary and the four members of the committee indicated that they had not disclosed confidential proceedings of the committee.

On the question of whether the alleged unauthorised disclosure has caused substantial interference with its work on the relevant inquiry it was undertaking, Mr Coe and Mr Wall answered “yes”. Dr Bourke and I answered “no”.

On the question of whether the alleged unauthorised disclosure has caused, or is likely to cause, substantial interference with the work of the committee, Mr Coe and Mr Wall answered “yes”. Dr Bourke and I answered “no”.

That concludes the committee’s report.

Justice and Community Safety—Standing Committee

Scrutiny report 18

MR DOSZPOT (Molonglo): I present the following report:

Justice and Community Safety (Legislative Scrutiny Role)—Standing Committee—Scrutiny Report 18, dated 12 May 2014, together with the relevant minutes of proceedings.

I seek leave to make a brief statement.

Leave granted.

MR DOSZPOT: Scrutiny report 18 contains the committee’s comments on 19 pieces of subordinate legislation and two government responses. The report was circulated to members when the Assembly was not sitting. I commend the report to the Assembly.

Gugan Gulwan Youth Aboriginal Corporation

Statement by minister

MR RATTENBURY (Molonglo—Minister for Territory and Municipal Services, Minister for Corrections, Minister for Housing, Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs and Minister for Ageing), by leave: I would like to remind members that in my speech of 19 March 2014, in response to the motion moved by Mr Wall and endorsed by the Assembly which called on “the ACT government to investigate options for providing additional space for Gugan Gulwan Youth Aboriginal Corporation and report on the results of this investigation to the Assembly by the end of April 2014”, and which was subsequently amended, I agreed to provide a further update to the Assembly about progress made in finding additional suitable accommodation for Gugan Gulwan.

As I have stated previously, I have great respect for the work of the Gugan Gulwan Youth Aboriginal Corporation and the outcomes it achieves for young Aboriginal people and their families. Finding additional accommodation so that Gugan Gulwan can expand its current programs and alleviate the space pressures at its existing centre is one of my priorities.


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