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APPROPRIATION BILL 2017-2018 AND APPROPRIATION (OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY) BILL 2017-2018 S ELECT C OMMITTEE ON E STIMATES 2017-2018 JULY 2017 REPORT APPROPRIATION BILL 2017- 2018 AND APPROPRIATION (OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY) BILL 2017- 2018 COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP Mr Andrew Wall MLA Chair Ms Bec Cody MLA Deputy Chair Mr Alistair Coe MLA Member Ms Caroline Le Couteur MLA Member Mr Michael Pettersson MLA Member PARTICIPATING MEMBERS Ms Tara Cheyne MLA, Mr Steve Doszpot MLA, Mrs Vicki Dunne MLA, Mr Jeremy Hanson MLA, Mrs Giuila Jones MLA, Mrs Elizabeth Kikkert MLA, Ms Nicole Lawder MLA, Ms Elizabeth Lee MLA, Mr James Milligan MLA, Ms Suzanne Orr MLA, Mr Mark Parton MLA and Mr Chris Steel MLA. SECRETARIAT Secretary Mrs Nicola Kosseck Clerks Mrs Kristy Bryden, Mr Hamish Finlay, Ms Kate Harkins, Ms Annemieke Jongsma, Mrs Nicola Kosseck, Dr Brian Lloyd, Mr Andrew Snedden Writers Ms Josephine Brown, Mrs Kristy Bryden, Mr Hamish Finlay, Ms Kate Harkins, Ms Annemieke Jongsma, Mrs Nicola Kosseck, Dr Brian Lloyd, Mr Andrew Snedden Senior Research Officer Ms Josephine Brown Administration Ms Lydia Chung CONTACT INFORMATION Telephone 02 6205 0435 Post GPO Box 1020, CANBERRA ACT 2601 Email [email protected] Website www.parliament.act.gov.au i SELECT COMMITTEE ON ESTIMATES 2017- 2018 RESOLUTION OF APPOINTMENT At its meeting on Thursday 16 February 2017, the Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory (the Assembly) passed the following resolution: “That: (1) a Select Committee on Estimates 2017-2018 be appointed to examine the expenditure proposals contained in the Appropriation Bill 2017-2018, the Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Bill 2017-2018 and any revenue estimates proposed by the Government in the 2017-2018 Budget and prepare a report to the Assembly; (2) the Committee be composed of: (a) two Members to be nominated by the Government; (b) two Members to be nominated by the Opposition; and (c) one Member to be nominated by The Greens; to be notified in writing to the Speaker by 12.15 pm today; (3) an Opposition Member shall be elected chair of the Committee by the Committee; (4) funds be provided by the Assembly to permit the engagement of external expertise to work with the Committee to facilitate the analysis of the Budget and the preparation of the report of the Committee; (5) the Committee is to report by Tuesday, 1 August 2017; (6) if the Assembly is not sitting when the Committee has completed its inquiry, the Committee may send its report to the Speaker or, in the absence of the Speaker, to the Deputy Speaker, who is authorised to give directions for its printing, publishing and circulation; and (7) the foregoing provisions of this resolution, so far as they are inconsistent with the standing orders, have effect notwithstanding anything contained in the standing 1 orders.” 1 Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), Minutes of Proceedings no. 7, Thursday 16 February 2017. ii APPROPRIATION BILL 2017- 2018 AND APPROPRIATION (OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY) BILL 2017- 2018 TABLE OF CONTENTS Committee Membership ............................................................................................... i Participating Members ................................................................................................. i Secretariat ................................................................................................................... i Contact Information ..................................................................................................... i Resolution of Appointment ......................................................................................... ii R ECOMMENDATIONS ...................................................... VII 1 I NTRODUCTION ......................................................... 1 Establishment ............................................................................................................. 1 Conduct of the Inquiry ................................................................................................. 1 Structure of the Report ................................................................................................ 2 Acknowledgements ..................................................................................................... 3 General ....................................................................................................................... 4 2 C OMMUNITY AND I NDUSTRY R EPRESENTATIVE G ROUPS .............. 7 ACT Council of Social Service........................................................................................ 7 ACT Property Council ................................................................................................... 9 Cystic Fibrosis ACT ..................................................................................................... 12 Master Builders Association of the ACT ...................................................................... 14 Music ACT ................................................................................................................. 16 National Seniors Australia ......................................................................................... 18 Pedal Power ACT ....................................................................................................... 19 The Childers Group .................................................................................................... 21 Youth Coalition of the ACT ......................................................................................... 24 Young Women’s Christian Association Canberra ......................................................... 27 3 O FFICERS OF THE L EGISLATIVE A SSEMBLY ........................... 31 ACT Auditor-General ................................................................................................. 31 ACT Electoral Commission ......................................................................................... 34 ACT Ombudsman ...................................................................................................... 37 4 O FFICE OF THE L EGISLATIVE A SSEMBLY .............................. 41 iii SELECT COMMITTEE ON ESTIMATES 2017- 2018 5 C HIEF M INISTER, T REASURY, AND E CONOMIC D EVELOPMENT D IRECTORATE.......................................................... 45 Introduction .............................................................................................................. 45 Government Strategy ................................................................................................ 46 Access Canberra ........................................................................................................ 55 Economic Development ............................................................................................. 60 Treasury .................................................................................................................... 70 Workforce Injury Management and Industrial Relations Policy ................................... 91 Revenue Management .............................................................................................. 96 Shared Services ........................................................................................................105 Infrastructure Finance and Capital Works.................................................................. 112 Property Services, Venues and Procurement ............................................................. 113 ACT Compulsory Third Party Insurance Regulator ...................................................... 114 ACT Insurance Authority ...........................................................................................116 Canberra Institute of Technology - Statement of Intent ............................................. 117 Icon Water ...............................................................................................................121 Icon Water — recall hearing ..................................................................................... 127 Independent Competition and Regulatory Commission ............................................. 136 ACT Building and Construction Industry Training Fund Authority ............................... 140 6 H EALTH .............................................................. 143 Introduction .............................................................................................................143 7 J USTICE AND C OMMUNITY S AFETY D IRECTORATE .................. 153 Introduction .............................................................................................................153 Policy Advice, Safer Families and Justice Programs .................................................... 154 Legal Services to Government ................................................................................... 157 Legislative Drafting and Publishing Services .............................................................. 158 Public Prosecutions ..................................................................................................158 Justice, Consumer Affairs and Road Safety ................................................................ 161 Protection of Rights ..................................................................................................165 Corrective Services ...................................................................................................166