Page 1362 - Week 05 - Tuesday, 13 May 2014

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have complained to her a lot about Hibberson Street and what will happen should the light rail go down Hibberson Street. The government told us they have a report coming, that the recommendation is noted and the government’s position is that a decision on the terms of the release of the Hibberson Street study will be made by the government. We will watch with interest. I am sure that charge will be led by Mrs Jones and the other members from Molonglo. The recommendation was:

The Committee recommends that once finalised, the ACT Government should prioritise the public release of the Network Integration Study.

The response was:

Noted.

The Light Rail Integration Study Consultation Report is available on the Capital Metro website:

It went on:

A decision on any future release of Light Rail Integration Study material will be made by the Government as reports are produced.

It is hard to know whether the first one is the report that we actually spoke about in the committee or whether the second sentence—“A decision on the future release”— refers to the one we discussed in the committee. We think that these reports are vital and that people should understand how capital metro will operate. In the new era of honesty and open visibility that the government professes, one would wonder why that report would not be made available so people can understand how the system will work and how it will be integrated, particularly with the bus system.

With those comments, I will finish my commentary on the government’s report.

MR BARR (Molonglo—Deputy Chief Minister, Treasurer, Minister for Economic Development, Minister for Sport and Recreation, Minister for Tourism and Events and Minister for Community Services) (10.30), in reply: I thank the shadow treasurer for his contribution. The appropriation bill that is before us mainly relates to the appropriation of funds to agencies to meet the expected costs of the government’s pay offer for expiring enterprise bargaining agreements. With many agreements at the voting stage of negotiations, the government considers that it is reasonable for employees to expect any associated salary increases to be paid in this financial year. The bill, therefore, provides for the estimated amounts flowing from the draft agreements.

The bill provides a total of $23.810 million for the net cost of outputs appropriation, of which $15.653 million relates to expiring agreements. A further $12,000 in expenses on behalf of the territory appropriation also relates to these agreements. The remaining $8.157 million provides funding for the transfer of funding from capital injection to net cost of outputs for the Capital Metro Agency, to accurately reflect the expected nature of expenditure to be undertaken in this current fiscal year, and the ACT public service workers compensation and work safety improvement plan to


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