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SELECT COMMITTEE ON ESTIMATES 2012- 2013 Appropriation Bill 2012-2013 and Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Bill 2012-2013 AUGUST 2012 Report 1, Volume 1 of 3: Main report SELECT COMMITTEE ON ESTIMATES 2012- 2013 Committee membership Ms Amanda Bresnan MLA Chair Mr John Hargreaves MLA Deputy Chair Mr Alistair Coe MLA Member Ms Meredith Hunter MLA Member Mr Brendan Smyth MLA Member Participating members Mr Steve Doszpot MLA Member Mrs Vicki Dunne MLA Member Mr Jeremy Hanson CSC MLA Member Ms Caroline Le Couteur MLA Member Ms Mary Porter AM MLA Member Mr Shane Rattenbury MLA Member Mr Brendan Smyth MLA Member Mr Zed Seselja MLA Member Secretariat Committee Secretary Ms Sam Salvaneschi Assisting Secretaries Dr Andrea Cullen, Ms Kate Harkins, Dr Brian Lloyd, Mr Andrew Snedden, and Ms Veronica Strkalj Assistant Secretaries Ms Lydia Chung, Ms Karen Godfrey, and Dr Michael Sloane Administrative Assistants Ms Lydia Chung and Mr Paul Oliver ii APPROPRIATION BILL 2012- 2013 AND APPROPRIATION (OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY) BILL 2012- 2013 Contact information Telephone number: 02 6205 0136 (Australia) +61 2 6205 0136 (international) Facsimile number: 02 6205 0432 (Australia) +61 2 6205 0432 (international) Postal address: GPO Box 1020 CANBERRA ACT 2601 AUSTRALIA Email address: [email protected] Website address: www.parliament.act.gov.au iii SELECT COMMITTEE ON ESTIMATES 2012- 2013 Resolution of appointment On 29 March 2012, the Legislative Assembly for the ACT resolved that: (1) a Select Committee on Estimates 2012-13 be appointed to examine the expenditure proposals contained in the Appropriation Bill 2012-2013 and any revenue estimates proposed by the Government in the 2012-2013 Budget and prepare a report to the Parliament; (2) the committee be composed of: (a) one Member to be nominated by the Government; (b) two Members to be nominated by the Opposition; and (c) two Members to be nominated by the Greens; to be notified in writing to the Speaker by 4 pm today; (3) a non-government Member shall be elected chair of the Committee by the Committee; (4) funds be provided by the Parliament 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, 14 August 2012; (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 orders.”1 On 7 June 2012, the Assembly passed an amendment to this Resolution. The amendment added “,the Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Bill 2012-2013” after the words “Appropriation Bill 2012-2013” in paragraph (1), above.2 Hence, the Assembly resolved that the Committee would examine the Appropriation Bill 2012-2013, the Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Bill 2012-2013, and any revenue estimates proposed by the Government in the 2012-2013 Budget. 1 Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory, Minutes of Proceedings No. 144, Thursday 29 March 2012, para. 15, pp. 1851-1852. 2 Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory, Minutes of Proceedings No. 153, Thursday 7 June 2012, para. 32, p. 2026. iv APPROPRIATION BILL 2012- 2013 AND APPROPRIATION (OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY) BILL 2012- 2013 v SELECT COMMITTEE ON ESTIMATES 2012- 2013 TABLE OF CONTENTS VOLUME 1: REPORT Committee membership ........................................................................................ ii Participating members ........................................................................................... ii Secretariat .............................................................................................................. ii Contact information .............................................................................................. iii Resolution of appointment .................................................................................... iv Abbreviations ........................................................................................................ xi RECOMMENDATIONS ............................................. XV 1 INTRODUCTION ................................................... 1 Conduct of the public hearings .......................................................................... 1 Specialist Budget Adviser ................................................................................... 6 Statement to Committee..................................................................................... 7 Acknowledgements............................................................................................. 7 2 TREASURY DIRECTORATE AND RELATED AGENCIES ... 9 Treasury Directorate ..........................................................................................13 Staffing matters ..................................................................................................13 Capital initiatives/works .....................................................................................13 3 CHIEF MINISTER AND CABINET DIRECTORATE AND RELATED AGENCIES ........................................... 51 Chief Minister and Cabinet portfolio .................................................................51 Staffing matters ..................................................................................................51 Capital initiatives/works .....................................................................................51 Industrial Relations portfolio .............................................................................59 4 HEALTH DIRECTORATE AND RELATED AGENCIES .... 63 Staffing matters ..................................................................................................63 Capital initiatives/works .....................................................................................64 Acute services ....................................................................................................67 Mental health services .......................................................................................72 vi APPROPRIATION BILL 2012- 2013 AND APPROPRIATION (OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY) BILL 2012- 2013 Public health services ........................................................................................76 Aged care and rehabilitation services ...............................................................78 Early intervention and prevention .....................................................................82 ACT Local Hospital Network ..............................................................................82 5 TERRITORY AND MUNICIPAL SERVICES DIRECTORATE AND RELATED AGENCIES .................................... 87 Territory and Municipal Services Directorate ...................................................87 Enterprise services ...........................................................................................105 ACTION .............................................................................................................105 ACT Public Cemeteries Authority ....................................................................111 6 EDUCATION AND TRAINING DIRECTORATE AND RELATED AGENCIES .......................................... 113 Education and Training Directorate ................................................................113 Public school education ...................................................................................114 Non-government education ............................................................................122 Vocational education and training ..................................................................123 Canberra Institute of Technology and CIT Solutions .....................................124 ACT Building and Construction Industry Training Fund Authority ............... 127 7 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTORATE AND RELATED AGENCIES .......................................... 129 Economic development portfolio ....................................................................129 Tourism, sport and recreation portfolio ..........................................................140 Gaming and racing portfolio ...........................................................................144 8 JUSTICE AND COMMUNITY SAFETY DIRECTORATE AND RELATED AGENCIES .......................................... 151 Directorate administration ...............................................................................151 Courts and Tribunals ........................................................................................ 156 WorkSafe, Office of Regulatory Services, and Transport Regulation ........... 167 Emergency Services Agency ...........................................................................169 ACT Policing .....................................................................................................174 Corrections .......................................................................................................182 Statutory officers ..............................................................................................197 9 COMMUNITY

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