Page 3021 - Week 10 - Thursday, 15 September 1994
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Mr Humphries: On that point of order, Madam Speaker, I - - -
MADAM SPEAKER: I do not know what the point of order is yet. Just give me a chance.
Mr Humphries: There is no question before the house, so you cannot use standing order 47.
MADAM SPEAKER: That is quite right, Mr Humphries. This is exactly what I am trying to sort out. I am trying to sort out whether it is standing order 46 or standing order 47. You have not spoken, Mrs Grassby; so you cannot do it under standing order 47.
Mr Kaine: She can make a personal explanation only about something on which she has been misrepresented.
MRS GRASSBY: I claim it under standing order 46, Madam Speaker.
MADAM SPEAKER: Do you seek leave to make a personal explanation?
MRS GRASSBY: Yes.
MADAM SPEAKER: Proceed, Mrs Grassby.
MRS GRASSBY: This morning, Madam Speaker, Mr Kaine said in relation to my comment about the 3c per litre levy:
That is simply not a statement of fact. We applied it for one reason only - to raise three years' worth of revenue, about $25m, to fund part of the hospital restructuring. Parity with New South Wales had nothing to do with it. So, here we have Mrs Grassby telling us what went on in the Alliance cabinet room.
I quote from Hansard of 11 September 1990, page 3059, in which Mr Kaine said in his budget speech:
Because of the high cost of hospital redevelopment and the need to finance a range of other essential works, the Government has now decided to align the level of this fee with the New South Wales rate of 60.5c per litre from 1 October 1990. New South Wales has stated that its current rate will be maintained for two years, and our decision applies for that period.
Mr Connolly: You had decided to align it with New South Wales.
MRS GRASSBY: You had decided to align it with New South Wales.
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