Page 2370 - Week 07 - Tuesday, 30 July 2019
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given up on the people of Canberra, instead choosing to govern for its mates and its party. This could not be clearer than in the Chief Minister’s dismissive expectation that Canberrans must continue to do the heavy lifting for his tax reform, when he cannot yet tell us when the heavy lifting will be over.
MR PETTERSSON (Yerrabi) (10.53): I would like to start by thanking the wonderful staff in the committee office for the hard work that they undertook during that period. It is hard work sitting in the chair, but it is, dare I say, even harder work to have to record and log everything that occurs in that room. In particular, I would like to thank Annemieke. To my fellow committee members, you were wonderful company for the two weeks and the many meetings. To Miss Burch as chair, Mrs Jones, Ms Cody and Ms Le Couteur, I hope never to do it with you again, but if we do, it will not be the end of the world.
Talking about the budget papers themselves, inherently budget papers are political documents. We are not talking about the accounting standards; we are talking about the commentary and the papers themselves, so I would like to push back on Miss Burch’s earlier commentary.
But the real reason I stood up today was to talk about some of the recommendations that I think are particularly noteworthy. Recommendation 32 states:
The Committee recommends that the ACT Government ensures Access Canberra take steps to ‘close the loop’ on Fix My Street service requests, so that customers are advised whether action will be taken to rectify their complaint.
One of the constant pieces of feedback I receive from constituents is that they do not know when something has been completed by Access Canberra. Hopefully, some action can follow from our recommendation.
I turn to recommendation 98, which states:
The Committee recommends that the ACT Government work with the Commonwealth Government on establishing a centre for eating disorders.
One of the issues that have been raised with me numerous times is the gap in service provision for eating disorders in the ACT and the far too large number of individuals who have to travel interstate to seek these services. Any coordination to get better outcomes with the commonwealth government on this issue is something that I thoroughly encourage.
Recommendation 158 states:
The Committee recommends that the ACT Government provide more detail on delivery and timing of the introduction of preschool education to three year old’s, including the proposed year of introduction for the total cohort, the number of available spaces for the total cohort, the location of such classes, staffing and hours of operation.
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