Page 5282 - Week 17 - Thursday, 13 December 1990

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I must say congratulations to Mr Berry for bringing it up and introducing it at this stage. It is disappointing that it is not going to be added to the legislation tonight; but no doubt it will be part of it soon, in the same way as the removed clauses that we dealt with before - and I do not wish to reflect on the vote - will be dealt with again in about six months' time.

Question put.

The Assembly voted -

AYES, 6  NOES, 10 

Mr Berry Mr Collaery

Mr Connolly Mr Duby

Ms Follett Mr Humphries

Mrs Grassby Mr Jensen

Mr Moore Mr Kaine

Mr Wood Dr Kinloch

 Mrs Nolan

 Mr Prowse

 Mr Stefaniak

 Mr Stevenson

Question so resolved in the negative.

Clauses 47 to 50, by leave, taken together, and agreed to.

Clause 51

MR BERRY (9.38), by leave: Mr Speaker, I move:

6. Page 17, paragraphs 51(1)(a) and (b), lines 8 and 9, omit "capital".

6A. Page 17, after subclause 51(2), insert the following new subclause:

"(3) All transactions for the sale or purchase of goods and services by and or on behalf of the Board in excess of two thousand dollars shall be advertised in the Gazette.".

Mr Moore: That will cut the time in half. What a responsible attitude!

MR BERRY: I think it is. It is a great pity that we cannot get such a responsible attitude from those people opposite.

Mr Speaker, Mr Jensen raised something a moment ago about consultation. Mr Jensen seems to misunderstand the situation when it comes to introducing legislation in this place. You see, the Opposition does not really have much control over the way the Government introduces the timing that it seeks to use in the introduction of its

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