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(j) any notice of motion to amend, disallow, disapprove or declare void and of no effect any instrument made under any Act of the Assembly which provides for the instrument to be subject to amendment, disallowance or disapproval of the Assembly or subject to a resolution of the Assembly declaring the instrument to be amended or void and of no effect or any other order of the day to consider such a motion.’.”.

One amendment deals with the Tuesday night sittings, and there is a range of things that are needed to accommodate that. The third amendment relates to the standing order which provides leave for members to conclude their speeches. I will deal with that first. I have mentioned this in earlier debates. It merely provides for the Assembly to grant leave for members of the Assembly to conclude a speech within a period of time which is no greater than half the original period allotted or in the period specified in the request for leave. I mention that one just to draw attention to it. That has broad agreement. I do not think it is controversial.

The other amendments relate to the Tuesday night sittings, and I will come to that now. The first thing we are going to talk about is Mr Humphries. He always reduces his speeches to a little personal shot. First of all, he has a personal shot at the Deputy Speaker, Ms McRae, alleging, in the form of words he used, that she had done nothing while she was the Speaker. I can remember the dozens upon dozens of youngsters and other groups who were in this Assembly on Tuesday evenings at her invitation.

Mr Humphries: She did not advertise it, I said.

MR BERRY: It was also mentioned - and you refuse to accept that it was mentioned - that the scout groups have it as part of their curriculum these days to attend a number of the sittings. So, do not deny that. Do not allege that Ms McRae has done nothing, Mr Humphries, when she has. Why not take the personalities out of it? You also mentioned, Mr Humphries, the Labor Party members who may have been in the chamber last Tuesday evening. There are about 1,000 members of the Labor Party in the ACT, and they come here from time to time. In the pouring rain, they came here on Tuesday evening. I suspect that, if it had not been pouring rain, there would have been a lot more people here as well. You also could not help mentioning my wife. It always has to go to the personal issues, has it not? You could not help yourself. You just cannot help it, you spiteful person. So, I just direct notice to that personal vitriol that we always hear from Mr Humphries.

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