Page 269 - Week 01 - Thursday, 13 February 2020
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Full-time Statutory Office Holders—Determination 15 of 2019, dated December 2019.
Full-time Statutory Office Holders: Auditor-General, Clerk of the Legislative Assembly, Electoral Commissioner—Determination 14 of 2019, dated December 2019.
Part-time Public Office Holders—Determination 13 of 2019, dated December 2019.
Part-time Statutory Office Holder: Integrity Commissioner—Determination 10 of 2019, dated December 2019.
Principal Registrar and Chief Executive Officer, ACT Courts and Tribunal—Determination 11 of 2019, dated December 2019.
Transport Action Plan—Quarterly update—Number 2, dated January 2020.
Wanniassa bus network changes—Petition No 27-19—Ministerial response—Additional information—Letter to the Clerk from the Minister for Transport, dated 12 February 2020.
Financial Management Act—consolidated financial report for the December 2019 quarter
MR GENTLEMAN (Brindabella—Minister for Advanced Technology and Space Industries, Minister for the Environment and Heritage, Minister for Planning and Land Management and Minister for Police and Emergency Services) (3.11): Pursuant to standing order 211, I move:
That the Assembly take note of the following paper:
Financial Management Act, pursuant to section 26—Consolidated Financial Report—Financial quarter ending 31 December 2019.
MR BARR (Kurrajong—Chief Minister, Treasurer, Minister for Social Inclusion and Equality, Minister for Tertiary Education, Minister for Tourism and Special Events and Minister for Trade, Industry and Investment) (3.12): The consolidated financial report for the December quarter has been tabled. I can advise the Assembly that the December quarter headline net operating balance for the general government sector was a surplus of $89.3 million. This result was around $70 million lower than the year to date budget, largely due to lower taxation revenue associated with lower conveyance duty and payroll tax.
The result was also influenced by lower GST revenue as a result of significant write-downs in the national GST pool. The lower conveyance duty reflects a greater than expected uptake of the first homebuyer concession scheme. The most recent data shows that one in five home purchasers in the ACT now are first homebuyers. We are proud that the government’s support is assisting more Canberrans in buying their first home.
Just as we have done over a number of years, where commonwealth support has not been forthcoming we have been investing in our city’s infrastructure and essential services to make real differences for Canberrans now and into the years ahead.
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