NSW: Parliament to be recalled next week - Iemma

AAP General News (Australia)
08-22-2008
NSW: Parliament to be recalled next week - Iemma

SYDNEY, Aug 22 AAP - The NSW parliament will be recalled next week to debate the sell-off
of the state's electricity industry, Premier Morris Iemma said today.

Mr Iemma said in a statement he had asked Speaker Richard Torbay to organise a sitting
of parliament on Thursday, August 28, and Friday, August 29.

The recall follows the release yesterday of the auditor-general's report on the electricity
sell-off proposal.

Auditor-General Peter Achterstraat found "no major issues" with it.

Delay would only cost the people of NSW more, Mr Iemma told the Fairfax Radio Network
earlier today.

The government could not put at risk the future electricity supplies of NSW, he said.

The recall of parliament will force the state opposition to state its position on the
proposed privatisation.

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KEYWORD: ELECTRICITY RECALL

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