Page 2530 - Week 09 - Tuesday, 23 August 1994

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MS FOLLETT (Chief Minister and Treasurer): Madam Speaker, I seek leave to make a personal explanation.

MADAM SPEAKER: Proceed, Chief Minister.

MS FOLLETT: In the course of his remarks, Mr Kaine intimated that I had offered support by way of saying "Hear, hear!" to a witness before the Estimates Committee who was denying the Estimates Committee information; in other words, being less than accountable. I deny that, Madam Speaker. In reading from the Hansard of the Estimates Committee I can advise members that the only time I said "Hear, hear!" was when Mr Faichney said:

I do not see why I should make it easier for tax cheats to evade ACT tax.

I said "Hear, hear!". Madam Speaker, I still support that comment by Mr Faichney, and I do not intend to make it any easier for people to evade paying ACT tax. That is the only occasion on which I said it. So I think that Mr Kaine was, at best, drawing a very long bow; at worst, trying to mislead the Assembly on the nature of that particular debate in the Estimates Committee.

Mr Humphries: Madam Speaker, I ask the Chief Minister to withdraw the suggestion that Mr Kaine has attempted to mislead the Assembly.

Mrs Grassby: Why? It was misleading, because it was not said in the right place.

Mr Humphries: Because it is contrary to standing orders; that is why. You said that Mr Kaine was trying to mislead the Assembly.

MS FOLLETT: Madam Speaker, I do not want to make an issue of it. I will withdraw "mislead" and say "misinform".

Mr Humphries: Thank you.

MADAM SPEAKER: Order! The Chief Minister is correct.

Debate interrupted.

Sitting suspended from 5.38 to 8.00 pm


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