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Madam Speaker, I was president of the Liberal Party at the time of the last but one ACT election, and I remain a member of the ACT Liberal Party's management committee, which is involved in the administration of the party and in the collection of donations to the party. It is absolutely and utterly untrue - an absolute falsehood - - -

Mr Berry: That is not a personal statement.

MR HUMPHRIES: Yes, it is.

MADAM SPEAKER: Mr Humphries, it is not a personal explanation to say that what Mr Berry said or did not say was untrue. A personal explanation, as I understand it, requires you to explain your side of the story and the truth of the matter. So, if you are saying, "No, in my time as chairman I never accepted any money", that is a personal explanation. Please proceed along the lines required by the standing order.

MR HUMPHRIES: Madam Speaker, I state for a fact that in my time as president of the Liberal Party, and since as a member of the management committee of the Liberal Party, I and the party in the ACT have never received a cent from tobacco companies. The suggestion that I or the party did is quite scurrilous.

SCRUTINY OF BILLS AND SUBORDINATE LEGISLATION -
STANDING COMMITTEE
Report and Statement

MRS GRASSBY: Madam Speaker, I present report No. 20 of 1992 of the Standing Committee on Scrutiny of Bills and Subordinate Legislation, and I seek leave to make a brief statement on this report.

Leave granted.

MRS GRASSBY: This report contains the committee's comment on the Bail (Amendment) Bill (No. 2) 1992, and I commend the report to the Assembly.

BAIL (AMENDMENT) BILL (NO. 2) 1992

Debate resumed from 8 December 1992, on motion by Mr Connolly:

That this Bill be agreed to in principle.

MR HUMPHRIES (4.29): As indicated earlier today when a procedural motion was moved concerning this matter, the Liberal Party is prepared to - - -

Debate interrupted.

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