Liberals ditch 20 Bills in legislation backflip
The Napthine Government has been reliant on balance-of-power MP Geoff Shaw. Picture: CHRIS SCOTT Source: News Limited
THE State Government is set to dump more than 20 pieces of legislation it had committed to deliver, including a Bill to strengthen child protection, and laws it promised as part of the Governments response to the child abuse inquiry.
With only three sitting days left before the election, the Government will enter the final sitting week with more than 40 pieces of outstanding legislation on the notice paper of both houses.
The Government hopes to pass more than 10 Bills this week, but will be limited to two days of debate.
In the last sitting week of 2010 the Brumby Government had seven Bills on the list to be debated.
Among the legislation set to be dumped is a Bill which paves the way for the old Melbourne Market site to be handed over to the construction company building the East West Link tollway, which could further delay the project.
Laws to ban synthetic drugs and a Bill to improve the conduct of councillors spruiked by the government as some of the most significant reforms to local government in 20 years will also be binned.
And in a bizarre move, more legislation will be introduced on Tuesday to the already bulging legislative agenda.
Government spokesman Mark Lee said the government would bring forward priority Bills and other legislation would be reintroduced if the Government is re-elected.
The ditched Bills. Source: News Corp Australia
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Liberals ditch 20 Bills in legislation backflip