Page 1603 - Week 06 - Thursday, 3 May 1990
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I will ensure Mr Curtis' paper receives the widest possible exposure for public discussion.
I had indicated privately, on several occasions, that I could not see us doing anything - - -
Mr Berry: What has this got to do with the question?
Mrs Grassby: What a waffler. He has waffled on for the last five minutes.
MR COLLAERY: You are letting me go on. I am happy to talk.
Mrs Grassby: Of course, you are having a good time. You are not answering the questions.
MR COLLAERY: I have not had any questions for six months. I cannot restrain myself.
Mrs Grassby: The point is that you do not get any more.
MR SPEAKER: Order! Mrs Grassby, Mr Wood asked the question. It is up to him if he feels he is not getting the answer.
MR WOOD: I ask a supplementary question, Mr Speaker. It may be difficult to keep it on track. I think the Minister is shell-shocked after the last few days. It is my understanding that he referred this to the ACT law reform committee, a body he seems to be working on. He is talking about the Australian Law Reform Commission. I do not know whether he is quite aware of which side he is on. He might clarify it, if possible.
MR COLLAERY: There is a jurisdictional problem. We are taking, by force of law under the self-government Act, the Magistrates Court and the legal profession on 1 July 1992.
Mr Kaine: 1990.
MR COLLAERY: 1 July 1990. But the Supreme Court is to come over - they are laughing. How childish!
Mr Wood: You said "1992" somewhere else.
MR COLLAERY: The Supreme Court is coming over, at the latest, on 1 July 1992. Until that date, it is hardly proper for our ACT law reform committee to bring forward recommendations without effective liaison and consultation with any other law reform bodies which may be interested in those topics. That is all I am saying to Mr Wood. If he wants to know whether I am shell-shocked, who would not be to get one like that? Who would deny it? I think the word I used was "staggered".
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