Page 762 - Week 03 - Thursday, 2 April 2020
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I also note that the Chief Minister and Treasurer has not made a statement to the Assembly yet. It has been indicated publicly that there will be no budget at its scheduled time in June this year. The sitting pattern reflects that now and it has also been indicated that the budget will be made post the scheduled October election, should that proceed, but by the end of the year nonetheless. With that, the opposition supports the dissolution of the estimates committee and the resolution establishing the select committee and the resolution appointing members to it.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
Committees—Standing
Virtual meetings
MS CHEYNE (Ginninderra) (11.22): I move:
That standing order 229B relating to the use of audio visual or audio links be amended by omitting all words after “location”.
Just for context, standing order 229B does allow for committees at the moment to meet by audiovisual or audio links, but in doing so, at the moment, the chair or the deputy chair actually needs to be physically present to lead that meeting. That is obviously a problem in these extraordinary times and committees have all expressed a desire to be able to meet with all members, virtually or via teleconference. This is consistent with what we just put forward in the earlier motion on the select committee, but this will make it so that it applies to all committees, given that some still have a bit of work to get on with. I commend the motion to the Assembly.
MS LE COUTEUR (Murrumbidgee) (11.23): I strongly support the motion. I think that, while we have introduced it because of the current health emergency, it is something that is going to be useful in perpetuity. There is no real reason why many of the committee meetings cannot be held potentially by voice or telecommunications. While I do agree it is incredibly important that some meetings are held in person, just for a bit of flexibility it will make life a lot easier.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
Sitting suspended from 11.24 am to 2.00 pm.
Ministerial arrangements
MR BARR (Kurrajong—Chief Minister, Treasurer, Minister for Social Inclusion and Equality, Minister for Tourism and Special Events and Minister for Trade, Industry and Investment) (2.01): For the benefit of members, I table revised ministerial arrangements for the duration of the public health emergency:
Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Ministerial Appointment 2020 (No 1)—Notifiable Instrument NI2020-166, dated 19 March 2020.
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