Page 4487 - Week 14 - Thursday, 9 December 1993
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MR DE DOMENICO: There is a record going around and around. You had the privilege of being heard without interjection.
Mr Wood: You have been asking dozens of questions. I thought I would ask one back.
Mr Cornwell: I take a point of order, Madam Speaker. Could we bring the noise pollution level people into this place and have them test it? I am trying to listen to Mr De Domenico.
MADAM SPEAKER: I am working on it, Mr Cornwell. Order! Mr De Domenico has the floor.
MR DE DOMENICO: Mr Wood has the opportunity next week perhaps, or now, if he seeks leave of the house, to make another contribution. That is your prerogative, Mr Wood. We might even allow you to do that. Mr Wood's comments were quite interesting. Like Mr Cornwell, I wrote down what Mr Wood said as well. Mr Wood said that it was initially used for the AFP and it was never meant to be used as a motor sport facility. He used the words "motor sport facility".
Mr Wood: That is right, and we have extended the ban. We have said, "Okay, we can". I have said that we can do that.
MADAM SPEAKER: Order!
MR DE DOMENICO: Now Mr Wood is saying, "No, we can do it". Thank you. First of all, he said that it was never meant to be used as a motor sport facility, and should not be used as a motor sport facility; but now - - -
Mr Lamont: No, you are putting words in his mouth.
Mr Wood: We have extended the tolerance a little.
Mr Lamont: You are misleading the house.
MADAM SPEAKER: Order!
Mr Wood: Madam Speaker, I will take over if it is possible. Mr De Domenico has sat down. I am quite happy to take the floor now.
MADAM SPEAKER: I believe that Mr De Domenico was taking a point of order. Have you finished?
MR DE DOMENICO: No; I was speaking, Madam Speaker. I could not hear myself. No, I have not finished. I was going to say, Madam Speaker: Could you please afford me some sort of protection? Perhaps I might have the same privilege as was afforded to Mr Lamont. I do not worry about the parrots in the background either.
MADAM SPEAKER: Order! Mr Wood, it is Mr De Domenico's turn. Please continue, Mr De Domenico.
MR DE DOMENICO: Thank you, Madam Speaker. I thank you for your protection, as always. The point at hand is whether this Government could have used this facility in a better way in terms of the return for the ACT ratepayer.
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