Page 361 - Week 02 - Tuesday, 19 February 2019

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I move:

That the report be noted.

This is the fifth report of the Standing Committee on Economic Development and Tourism following a referral on 25 October 2018 of relevant annual reports by the Assembly. The committee held two public hearings and heard from 34 witnesses from the relevant directorates and agencies. Twenty-six questions were taken on notice during the hearings and 48 questions were placed on notice after the hearings. Answers to these questions are available on the committee’s webpage. The committee has made five recommendations.

On behalf of the committee, I would like to thank ACT government ministers and directorate and agency officials for their contribution to this inquiry, with a timely return of answers to questions on notice. I thank the committee secretariat and the other members of the committee for their participation and support. I commend the report to the Assembly.

Question resolved in the affirmative.

Education, Employment and Youth Affairs—Standing Committee

Statement by chair

MR PETTERSSON (Yerrabi) (10.16): Pursuant to standing order 246A, I wish to make a statement on behalf of the Standing Committee on Education, Employment and Youth Affairs relating to statutory appointments in accordance with continuing resolution 5A. I wish to inform the Assembly that during the applicable reporting period—1 July 2018 to 31 December 2018—the standing committee considered a total of seven appointments and reappointments to the following bodies: the Board of Senior Secondary Studies and the University of Canberra Council. I present the following paper.

Standing Committee on Education, Employment and Youth Affairs—Standing Committee—Schedule of Statutory Appointments—9th Assembly—Period 1 July to 31 December 2018.

Study tour to the United Kingdom and Ireland

Ministerial statement

MS STEPHEN-SMITH (Kurrajong—Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs, Minister for Disability, Minister for Children, Youth and Families, Minister for Employment and Workplace Safety, Minister for Government Services and Procurement, Minister for Urban Renewal) (10.17): I am pleased to provide a report to the Assembly today on my visit to the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland in December 2018 as Minister for Children, Youth and Families. This visit, on which I was accompanied by the Director-General of the Community Services


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