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CHIEF MINISTER FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

QUESTION WITHOUT NOTICE

16 AUGUST 1990

MR STEVENSON: MY QUESTION CONCERNS CANBERRAS HAVING A SAY IN ALLIANCE, AS WE KNOW THE COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT AS WELL AS OUR OWN ACT COMMITTEE INQUIRY RECOMMENDED THAT CANBERRAS BE ALLOWED TO HAVE A REFERENDUM ON OUR ELECTORAL SYSTEM. MALCOLM MACKERELS HAS RECENTLY MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS A CONSPIRACY BETWEEN THE TWO MAJOR PARTIES TO ENSURE THAT CANBERRAS DIDNT HAVE THAT, TO DO A DEAL WITH THEM THEMSELVES BECAUSE THE LABOR PARTY WERE CONCERNED THAT THE SINGLE MEMBER ELECTORATE RIGHT MIGHT NOT GET UP, WHILE THE LIBERAL PARTY WERE CONCERNED THAT THE PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION MIGHT NOT GET UP. IS MR MACKERELS RIGHT WHEN HE SAID HE THINKS THERE WOULD BE A 40 PER CENT CHANCE THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO GET AROUND THE CONSPIRACY AND THE PEOPLE OF CANBERRA WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE A SAY ANYWAY AND THE REFERENDUM HELD.

MR COLLAERY: I POINT OUT THAT STANDING ORDERS 117 DO NOT REQUIRE

ME TO ANSWER HYPOTHETICAL QUESTIONS OR TO GIVE OPINIONS. I WILL

TAKE IT ON NOTICE AND SEE IF HE (CHIEF MIN) IS PREPARED TO ANSWER

IT.

THE ANSWER IS:

MR KAINE: THE ALLIANCE GOVERNMENTS VIEW OF THE ISSUE OF WHETHER OR NOT THE ACT SHOULD DECIDE ITS ELECTORAL SYSTEM BY REFERENDUM WILL BE PROVIDED IN THE FORTHCOMING GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO THE REPORT OF THE ASSEMBLYS SELECT COMMITTEE ON SELF-GOVERNMENT.

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