Page 3599 - Week 12 - Tuesday, 19 October 1993
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PERSONAL EXPLANATION
MR KAINE: Madam Speaker, I seek leave to make a personal explanation under standing order 46.
MADAM SPEAKER: Yes, Mr Kaine.
MR KAINE: At the conclusion of the debate on the Canberra in the Year 2020 report, Mrs Grassby made a remark about my still being here in the year 2020. Another member of the Assembly then commented that I would be 109. I wish to correct that, Madam Speaker. I certainly will still be here in 2020. Whether I am leading the Liberal Party or not remains to be seen. But I will be only 92.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE TO MEMBERS
Motion (by Mr Lamont) agreed to:
That leave of absence be given to the following Members for the specified periods:
(1) Ms Follett from 23 October to 5 November 1993 inclusive.
(2) Mr Lamont from 23 October to 5 November 1993 inclusive.
(3) Mr Moore from 15 to 22 November 1993.
(4) Mr Westende from 13 to 19 November 1993.
BUSINESS FRANCHISE (TOBACCO AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS) (AMENDMENT) BILL 1993
Debate resumed from 15 September 1993, on motion by Ms Follett:
That this Bill be agreed to in principle.
MR HUMPHRIES (8.01): The Opposition will be opposing the Bill before the house tonight. We see this Bill as inequitable. We believe that it imposes a direct consumption tax on one form of home heating in the ACT but not on other forms of home heating - at least, not in the same sense. It is worth reflecting on the general nature of the legislation and observing that on a number of points it flies in the face of some of the more important principles of government and public administration which have been enunciated by this Government.
The Government has made repeated reference, for example, to the need to bring the ACT's system of administration, particularly its revenue system, into line with those of other States, especially New South Wales. That was the rationale used only a week ago to justify the half a cent a litre increase in the petrol price in the ACT - to bring us into line with New South Wales. This Bill will put the ACT, on the question of diesel fuel, very clearly out of sync with New South Wales. That principle appears to have gone by the board in this legislation.
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