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Mr Barr: It is the same as yours.

MADAM SPEAKER: Ideally, we should have adjourned debate on that motion. But I think that by suspending standing orders we will be agreeing that we can debate the government response at the same time, even though it has been essentially dealt with. So we will go that way, because that is the will of the Assembly.

Appropriation Bill 2015-2016

[Cognate bill:

Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Bill 2015-2016

Cognate papers:

Estimates 2015-2016—Select Committee report

Estimates 2015-2016—Select Committee—government response]

Debate resumed from 4 June 2015.

Detail stage

MADAM SPEAKER: I remind members that in debating order of the day No. 1, Executive Business they may also address their remarks to executive business order of the day No. 2, and to the government response to the report of the Select Committee on Estimates.

I note that standing order 180 sets down the order in which this bill will be considered—that is, in the detail stage, any schedule expressing the services for which the appropriation is to be made must be considered before the clauses and, unless the Assembly otherwise orders, the schedules will be considered by proposed expenditure in the order shown. With the concurrence of the Assembly, I am proposing that the Assembly consider schedule 1 by each part, consisting of net cost of outputs, capital injection and payments on behalf of territory.

Is this the wish of the Assembly? That being so, schedule 1 will be considered by each part, consisting of net cost of outputs, capital injection and payments on behalf of territory, then the clauses prior to schedule 2 and the title.

ACT Executive—schedule 1, part 1.1.

MR HANSON (Molonglo—Leader of the Opposition) (10.07): At the outset I will, in a sense, start where I finished off with my budget reply some weeks ago. Talking about the ACT executive highlights the real difference in approach between this executive and the executive that I would lead. Through the estimates process, this was highlighted most significantly when the issue of car parking in Civic came up. There was some questioning and conversation about the increase in parking fees and the extension late into the night.

The view that was taken by the members from this side who were questioning was about consideration of what impact that would have on a broad range of Canberrans—on people who work in retail, low paid workers going in there and working at night in retail, or perhaps in the hospitality sector—often, again, low paid workers. It is after


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