More ministers, but fewer days in the chamber
“The average number of sitting days in the first and second Assemblies, when Rosemary Follett was Chief Minister, was around 50 days. The most recent ‘Annual Report of the ACT Legislative Assembly’ provides evidence of a constant decline,” writes political columnist MICHAEL MOORE. IT’S always easy to put politicians down as lazy or inept. Inept is a matter of judgement. However, the evidence does not often support the lazy. Michael Moore. Both questions should be grist for the mill at election time. Comparisons with the workloads of other jurisdictions certainly does raise quest...
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