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Committee Chairs Reportv7 2020 REPORT ON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES HERE ARE THE FACTS IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS, NSW TAXPAYERS FUNDED OVER $84,000 IN ADDITIONAL SALARIES FOR COMMITTEE CHAIRS WHAT DID WE GET FOR ALL THAT MONEY? HERE ARE THE FACTS For the 8 Legislative Assembly Committees: 2/3rds of LA committees haven’t * produced a single report *of the 3 committees that actually produced reports one of them was from Independent MP Greg Piper 3 have not held one public hearing 6 of the 8 LA Committees are chaired by Liberal or National MPs Of those 6 Government chairs 4 didn’t produce a single report. WHO ARE THEY? Legislative Assembly Committee on Community Services Chair: Wendy Lindsay (Liberal) Additional Salary: $10,575 1 Inquiry started into Protocols for Homeless People in Public Spaces (OCT 2019) No hearings, no report produced. Legislative Assembly Committee on Law & Safety Chair: Wendy Tuckerman (Liberal) Additional Salary: $10,575 1 Inquiry initiated into the Physical Health of Police and Emergency Service Workers (MAR 2020) No hearings, no reports WHO ARE THEY? Legislative Assembly Committee on Parliamentary Privilege & Ethics Chair: Peter Sidgreaves (Liberal) Additional Salary: $10,575 No inquiries started No hearings, no submissions, no report. Legislative Assembly Committee on Transport and Infrastructure Chair: Robyn Preston (Liberal) Additional Salary: $10,575 1 Inquiry started into Electric Buses in Regional & Metropolitan Public Transport Networks in NSW Two hearings, no report. Legislative Assembly Committee on Investment, Industry & Regional Development Chair: Justin Clancy (Liberal) Additional Salary: $10,575 1 Inquiry started into support fro drought affected communities (SEPT 2019) Two hearings, interim report. Legislative Assembly Standing Orders and Procedures Committee Chair: Speaker Jonathan O’Dea (Liberal) Additional Salary: Speaker’s Salary 1 Inquiry into Modernisation and Reform of Practices and Procedures (MAY 2019) No hearings, two interim reports. Legislative Assembly Committee on Environment & Planning Chair: Alex Greenwich (Independent) Additional Salary: $10,575 2 Inquiries started: 1. Sustainability of energy supply and resources in NSW No hearings, no report produced. 2. Professional Engineers Registration Bill (NOV 2019) Two Hearings, no report. Legislative Assembly Public Accounts Committee Chair: Greg Piper (Independent) Additional Salary: $10,575 3 Inquires started Five inquires started, four reports produced The 2 committees chaired by non-government members were more active and held more public meetings that the Government members - combined. WHAT IS RORT REPORT? NSW Labor has launched the Rort Report to expose wasteful and unnecessary spending by the arrogant and incompetent NSW Government. Over the next four years we will be exposing all of the extravagant and excessive expenditure by the Liberals and Nationals – and all of the programs that should be funded if this government wasn’t so incompetent and had the right priorities. We can have good schools, better hospitals, drought relief, comprehensive community services – these things are not too expensive, but only if we don’t waste money on rorts, pork-barrels and mishaps. We want to hear from members of the public and public service who can anonymously tip us off on all the ways the NSW Government is wasting money. MAKE AN ANONYMOUS TIP-OFF Go to rortreport.net . @RORTREPORTNSW Authorised and Printed by Rose Jackson MLC, 6 Macquarie St, Sydney.
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