Page 2797 - Week 10 - Tuesday, 13 September 1994
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MRS CARNELL: I withdraw that.
MR ACTING SPEAKER: Continue with your clarification.
MRS CARNELL: He misrepresented me, Mr Acting Speaker. He also misrepresented me with regard to the $34m savings from Health. As he would be aware, the $34m in savings would be spent on a slow-stream convalescent unit - something that would save this Territory substantially, that would take people out - - -
Ms Follett: I have another point of order, Mr Acting Speaker. I do not believe that this issue can be debated. Mrs Carnell is entitled to say whether she has been misrepresented, but she is not entitled to debate the issue.
MR ACTING SPEAKER: I will listen carefully, Chief Minister.
MRS CARNELL: Thank you. The $34m that Mr Connolly was talking about would be spent on a slow-stream convalescent unit - something that - - -
Mr Berry: Mr Acting Speaker, I take a point of order. This very clearly is a debate about an issue which occurred in question time. I think the standing order makes it very clear that these sorts of debates are not appropriate. The Leader of the Opposition is entitled to special recognition by this chamber, but not on that score. If she wants to move a substantive motion on the issue, why does she not do it?
MR ACTING SPEAKER: Mr Berry, I will not uphold the point of order because I still believe that Mrs Carnell is clarifying what she said. There has been a suggestion that she has been misrepresented in the house. She is entitled to explain where she has been misrepresented.
Mr Berry: Is this pursuant to standing order 47 or - - -
MR ACTING SPEAKER: It is standing order 46.
Mr Berry: I am afraid that it is the wrong standing order.
MRS CARNELL: There is no question before the house.
MR ACTING SPEAKER: Therefore I do not uphold the point of order, but I would ask Mrs Carnell to be as concise as possible in her explanation.
MRS CARNELL: I certainly will be. The $34m was going to be spent on a - - -
Mr Berry: Mr Acting Speaker - - -
Mr De Domenico: You are dissenting from the ruling of the Chair, are you?
Mr Berry: No. I will just read to you standing order 47, which may be helpful, and I draw your attention to it.
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