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Agreeing to this bill ensures that the ACT gets the benefits of continued 100 per cent renewable electricity at the lowest cost. It also assures us that the innovation, training, technology development and business growth from the auction that underpin future growth of the territory can occur.
I look forward to support for continued ACT leadership in building the sustainable future that generations to come will deserve and expect. As has been flagged with members, we intend to bring this bill on for debate later in the day. In the meantime, I commend the bill to the Assembly.
Debate (on motion by Ms Lee) adjourned to a later hour.
COVID-19 pandemic response—Select Committee
Interim report 4
MR COE (Yerrabi—Leader of the Opposition) (10.11): I present the following report:
COVID-19 Pandemic Response—Select Committee—Interim Report 4, dated 26 August 2020, together with a copy of the relevant minutes of proceedings.
I move:
That the report be noted.
Today the Select Committee on the COVID-19 pandemic response is tabling its fourth report. The committee has been in operation for just a few months and, as Ms Cheyne just said, we have had in excess of 50 meetings. To have four reports is a pretty good effort by the committee. I would like to thank my colleagues Mrs Dunne, Ms Cheyne—the deputy chair—Ms Le Couteur and Mr Pettersson for their collaborative approach.
This report is consistent with the previous three reports in that a collegiate approach was used. I think it is fair to say that some members of the committee have concerns or slightly different perspectives about some of the recommendations, but we have erred on the side of including recommendations rather than the opposite. We think it is important that as many voices as possible are heard during this time, and that is what has been encompassed in this report.
In an Assembly first, the inquiry has been held exclusively with hearings and private meetings by video link. That has been very successful, and I hope that it becomes the norm for future committees, especially for private meetings. For public hearings, being in a committee room is preferable, but for private meetings there is no reason why we cannot in the future continue with Zoom.
The committee received 23 submissions and held 21 public hearings, at which we heard from 188 witnesses. These included representatives from the ACT government,
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