Insights from NSW Legislative Council on Compelling Witnesses and Evidence Before Committees
Explore the lessons learned from the NSW Legislative Council on compelling witnesses and evidence before committees, highlighted by the extraordinary inquiry into allegations of impropriety. Recommendations for modernizing the Parliamentary Evidence Act 1901 are discussed to enhance scrutiny and effectiveness in the future.
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The power to compel the attendance of witnesses and the giving of evidence before committees lessons from the NSW Legislative Council Vanessa O Loan Director - Corporate & Protocol, NSW Legislative Council
Portfolio Committee No. 7 - Planning & Environments inquiry into allegations of impropriety against agents of the Hills Shire Council and property developers in the region
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This has been an extraordinary inquiry not so much for the information that has come to light but for the gaping hole in evidence left by key witnesses who have gone to great lengths to avoid scrutiny. To address these difficulties better in the future, the committee has recommended that the Legislative Council refer an inquiry into the Parliamentary Evidence Act 1901 to the Privileges Committee, with a view to identifying amendments to ensure it is fit for purpose and modernised, including in relation to the summonsing of witnesses. Ms Sue Higginson MLC Committee Chair Portfolio Committee No. 7
