Page 1771 - Week 09 - Wednesday, 18 October 1989

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MR TEMPORARY DEPUTY SPEAKER (Mr Jensen): Standing order 192 requires the question to be put forthwith.

Question put:

That this Bill be declared an urgent Bill.

The Assembly voted -

AYES, 10  NOES, 7

Mr Berry Mr Collaery
Ms Follett Mr Duby
Mrs Grassby Mr Jensen
Mr Humphries Ms Maher
Mr Kaine Mr Moore
Dr Kinloch Mr Prowse
Mrs Nolan Mr Stevenson
Mr Stefaniak
Mr Whalan
Mr Wood

Question so resolved in the affirmative.

Allotment of Time
Suspension of Standing and Temporary Orders

Motion (by Mr Whalan) proposed:

That -

(1) temporary order 34, relating to the automatic adjournment, be suspended for this sitting;

(2) so much of the standing and temporary orders be suspended as would enable the order of the day for the resumption of the debate on the Water Supply (Chemical Treatment) Bill 1989 to be called on at a later hour this day; and

(3) the following times be allotted for consideration of the Water Supply (Chemical Treatment) Bill 1989:

(a) for the agreement in principle stage - until 5.00 pm this day;

(b) for the remaining stages - until 5.15 pm this day.

MR STEVENSON (10.41): What this motion would, in effect, do is rush the matter through today. The Labor Party members spoke rather strongly on a similar matter not too long ago, and now they try to do a similar thing, but different, to the degree that they try to move the Bill through in one day. Let me correct a misrepresentation that has been presented to the people of Canberra. That misrepresentation is that the Assembly was in error, or that the Assembly made a mistake. The majority of people in this Assembly when this Bill was passed were not in error. Some perhaps were, but they were in the minority.

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