Page 370 - Week 02 - Tuesday, 19 February 1991
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Assembly Business
MR BERRY: My question is directed to the Chief Minister. I wonder whether the Chief Minister can tell the Assembly why the business paper today is so light on for business; and why it is that he has allowed question time to go on for an extra 25 minutes without notice to us. I have to say, Mr Speaker, that, if he wants it to go on for another half an hour, he will be provided with plenty of questions; but just let us know.
MR KAINE: I very much appreciate the question.
Mr Berry: Why is the business paper so small?
MR KAINE: There is no shortage of business, none whatsoever, and we will, if necessary, keep the Assembly open until 11 or 12 o'clock tonight, if we have to, to finish it. But it will be interesting to see how you dry up, like you have dried up now with your Mickey Mouse questions. It just goes to show how deeply you do think about issues and what sorts of questions you can come up with when the wood is on you. I would suggest that, while Mr Moore and Mr Stevenson have come up with some very penetrating questions, the rest of you have not put a hard question yet.
Rabies
MR MOORE: This is an opportunity for another penetrating question. It is to the Minister for Health. I wonder, Mr Humphries, whether you can tell us what the incubation period for rabies is.
MR HUMPHRIES: Mr Speaker, I think this question has been misdirected. I think he must have meant you, Mr Speaker. Mr Speaker, no, I do not know the incubation period for rabies. If Mr Moore would like to call for my resignation I would be happy to consider it; but, if he will grant me the indulgence of letting me take the question on notice, I would be happy to get back to him and give him advice on that matter.
Public Works Contracts
MR CONNOLLY: My question is to Mr Duby. Mr Duby, last week Mrs Grassby asked you what checks were carried on in the process of making monthly payments to public works contractors in the ACT. You advised the Assembly that you were not sure - and I am quoting from page 61 of the proof Hansard - of what checks were made, and you said:
But I am satisfied that all the necessary checks that are required are being made by the appropriate project manager.
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