Page 187 - Week 01 - Wednesday, 17 February 1993
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ADJOURNMENT
MADAM SPEAKER: Mr Kaine, I am sorry to interrupt, but it is 4.30, so I propose the question:
That the Assembly do now adjourn.
Mr Berry: I require that the question be put without debate.
Question resolved in the negative.
PAYROLL TAX (AMENDMENT) BILL (NO. 2) 1992
Detail Stage
Debate resumed.
MR KAINE: I simply suggest that the members of the Government for once just listen to the arguments that are being put to them. They should not come into this chamber with a closed mind. They should not come into the chamber having in mind an objective that they were told in the caucus room to achieve. They should listen to the debate. They should listen to the argument and try to understand the debate that has been going on since they introduced the legislation in the first place over three years ago - the flawed Bill that they rammed through the Assembly in those days because they had the numbers. Now they are about to ram their flawed amendment Bill through the Assembly, again because they have the numbers, without any thought for or consideration of what they are doing.
I am sometimes astounded by the things that I hear coming from that side of the house in debate in this chamber. They do not listen to the people. They talk about community consultation. This is another case of not consulting the people. Did you talk to the people affected by this Bill? Of course you did not. You do not want to know. You take advice from only one place, and that is the Commissioner for ACT Revenue. The Commissioner for ACT Revenue can be wrong, and I suggest that you go and get some advice from other people before you make up your minds about a decision such as this.
Mr Berry: These other people must have advised you to put it up.
Mr Lamont: Madam Speaker - I am sorry; I thought he had finished.
MR KAINE: No, I am just letting Mr Berry continue the debate. He obviously has not yet had a chance to say his piece. I ask the members of the Government to stop and think about what they are doing for once instead of just acting in such a blind fashion.
MR LAMONT (4.32): In the first instance I refer the Assembly not only to the amendment circulated by Mr De Domenico today but also to Mr Collaery's presentation speech. I am sorry; I withdraw that. I mean Mr De Domenico's presentation speech on the Payroll Tax (Amendment) Bill 1992 on Wednesday, 21 October, as recorded on page 2795 of Hansard.
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