On Thursday 8 April 2021, the Standing Committee on Administration and Procedure resolved to undertake a review of the committee support function within the Office of the Legislative Assembly. The Committee has engaged Dr Rosemary Laing, former Clerk of the Australian Senate and one of Australia’s leading experts on parliamentary practice, procedure, and administration.

The terms of reference of the review are to assess:

  1. the adequacy of the Office’s current arrangements for supporting Assembly committees to undertake committee inquiries (including complex inquiries) and perform their core legislative, representative, scrutiny and community participation functions;
  2. options or proposals relating to any additional steps that might be taken, training or resources applied, to optimise the Office’s capacity to provide a committee support function that meets the needs of Assembly committees and their members – flexibly and collaboratively – over the short and longer terms and under a variety of circumstances;
  3. any other relevant matter.

Dr Laing is inviting submissions from MLAs (current and former), management and staff of the Office, former committee staff, and users of the Assembly committee system and would report to the committee by the end of August 2021.

Anyone wishing to make a written submission, addressing the terms of reference should write to Dr Laing at LAcommitteereview@act.gov.au by 18 June 2021.

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