Page 2353 - Week 11 - Wednesday, 1 November 1989
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be supporting the motion as put by Mr Humphries and the amendment as moved by Mr Collaery.
MR MOORE (5.32): In winding up the debate on my amendment, I should point out that this is really a declaration. Although I do not have a personal interest in monetary terms, I should point out to the Assembly that I have a personal interest in that my second son, Brenton, is booked into the Reid Preschool.
Mr Humphries: I raise a point of order, Mr Speaker. I was not aware that a member had the right of reply in debate on an amendment.
MR MOORE: I seek leave of the Assembly to make a very brief statement of personal information.
Leave granted.
MR MOORE: It is a very brief statement. I wish to point out that in one sense it could be construed that I had a personal interest here. I just wanted to clarify that that was the case so that nobody could suggest that I was trying to do this in an underhand way.
Amendment negatived.
Motion, as amended, agreed to.
PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE - STANDING COMMITTEE
MR DUBY (5.33), by leave: I move:
That this Assembly -
(1) has complete confidence in the independence of the members of the Standing Committee on Planning, Development and Infrastructure in their deliberations and report on the Canberra Times redevelopment reference; and
(2) deplores any inference in Mr Moore's media information today on this subject, that the members of the Standing Committee on Planning, Development and Infrastructure were lacking in independence and objectivity.
Mr Speaker, Mr Moore has taken the liberty to issue a press release today criticising the report brought down by the Planning, Development and Infrastructure Committee. Of course he has a perfect right to do so, and no-one would wish to interfere with that. Undoubtedly, as we have seen in the last couple of days, all reports do not have the unanimous support of members of this house. However, I feel that the wording of this press release casts aspersions on the independence of the committee in bringing down its report.
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