Page 461 - Week 02 - Wednesday, 24 February 1993
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Madam Speaker, on a personal note, I am sorry that they have to consider it quickly. I know that, no matter what position you occupy in this chamber, on sitting days things are always rushed and you always seem to have too much to consider. There is no doubt about that. I find myself in the same position. But you must be able to distinguish between what is the right thing for you to be doing and what is the responsible course of action, and what is mere politicking; and I think the only responsible course of action is to support these Bills.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
Bill agreed to in principle.
Detail Stage
Bill, by leave, taken as a whole
MS FOLLETT (Chief Minister and Treasurer) (4.21): I move:
Page 4, clause 11, line 35, proposed new section 19, omit "(2)", substitute "(1)".
This is merely a typographical matter, to change a "2" to a "1" in proposed section 19.
Mr Kaine: They even got their proofreading wrong.
MS FOLLETT: This again is a minor matter. I apologise to members that we have had to make a typographical change, but I would remind my Liberal colleagues opposite of their little bit of Liberal propaganda concerning reading, writing and arithmetic, in which they had a glaring error in the spelling of the word "arithmetic". It had been published all over Canberra before I found it out for them.
MR HUMPHRIES (4.22): Madam Speaker, to return to this question that Mr De Domenico raised of these Bills coming forward, I heard the Chief Minister speak about the extent to which some consultation and analysis needed to occur after the Government discovered that the High Court had disallowed, in effect, the excise levying capacity of the Territory. I take the point that the Chief Minister makes, that there is a need to move quickly and also to work out where you stand. It seems to me that in the circumstances it is necessary for the Government to take certain decisions. I would ask the Chief Minister in the course of this debate: When was it that the Government got that advice that it would clearly need to change that basis for levying franchises in the Territory? At what point did that decision become clear to the Government? I would also ask her: When was it that the legislation was prepared, at least in draft form, ready to bring before the Assembly?
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