Page 1613 - Week 06 - Thursday, 3 May 1990
Next page . . . . Previous page . . . . Contents . . . . Debates(HTML) . . . . PDF . . . .
not be deemed to be a breach of this standing order.
Under section 24 of the Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act the Assembly and its members and committees have the same powers, including privileges and immunities, as those for the time being held by the House of Representatives and its members and committees.
The unauthorised publication of private deliberations of a committee before their presentation to the House of Representatives has been pursued as matters of contempt.
I must point out that, as Speaker, I am not required to judge whether there has been a breach of privilege or a contempt of the Assembly; I can only judge whether the matter merits precedence.
Having considered transcripts provided and Mr Jensen's notice, I am prepared to allow precedence to a motion to refer the matter to the Standing Committee on Administration and Procedures. However, as this is the first advice the Assembly has had of this matter, members may wish to consider the matter for a short time, and I am prepared to allow precedence to a motion later in today's proceedings.
I will table the following papers:
Privilege - Possible disclosure of proceedings of the Standing Committee on Conservation, Heritage and Environment - Letter from Mr Norm Jensen, MLA, to Mr Speaker, dated 2 May 1990, together with a copy of an extract from the transcript of 2CN morning show, 27 April 1990.
CONSERVATION, HERITAGE AND ENVIRONMENT - STANDING COMMITTEE
DR KINLOCH, by leave: Mr Speaker, I wish to make a statement concerning proceedings of the Standing Committee on Conservation, Heritage and Environment. I am sure my three colleagues join me in thanking Miss Karin Malmberg for her excellent work in connection with this matter.
I wish to make an explanation concerning a recent statement by me about a meeting of the Standing Committee on Conservation, Heritage and Environment. On Tuesday, 1 May, I was asked a question by Mr Wood in which he asked me to advise the Assembly on any resolution passed by the Conservation, Heritage and Environment Committee dealing with the Government's decision to close the Ainslie Transfer Station. In response to that question I stated that no resolution was carried.
This morning the committee met to consider the minutes of that meeting. As I stated to the Assembly on Tuesday, one
Next page . . . . Previous page . . . . Contents . . . . Debates(HTML) . . . . PDF . . . .