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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1996 Week 9 Hansard (28 August) . . Page.. 2680 ..

MRS CARNELL: Thank you very much, Mr Speaker. Mr Speaker, the third part of the motion is the only bit that is sensible. Certainly, we do believe that public housing tenants should not be subject to any diminution in their tenancy rights. We support that. The other two bits, though, are either fundamentally incorrect or not reflective of what public housing tenants in this city need. Just very quickly, with regard - - -

MR SPEAKER: The Chief Minister's time has expired.

MRS CARNELL: Can I have a short extension?

MR SPEAKER: Is an extension granted?

Mr Berry: No.

MRS CARNELL: Could I have an extension, please?

Mr Berry: I said no.

MRS CARNELL: Okay; fair enough.

Mr De Domenico: Let us take a vote.

MRS CARNELL: No. It is okay. It is a precedent.

Mr Berry: Everybody else is sticking to their time in this place. It is private members business - - -

MR SPEAKER: Order! Ms Tucker has the call.

Mr Berry: We intend to try to stop the Government from filibustering on this issue and trying to run us out of time.

MR SPEAKER: You will not do it just now. Ms Tucker has the call.

MS TUCKER (11.59): Mr Speaker, the Greens will be supporting Ms Reilly's motion. I am extremely disappointed to hear the response of the Independents on this particular issue. Both of them claim to be very deeply concerned about social justice. The response they have given is just a very crude way of trying to get out of the motion. Ms Reilly's motion and our amendments do not set parameters. They attempt to set a basic guarantee for low-income housing consumers. Mr Moore always argues that this Assembly should retain power to set parameters and conditions that are best for the ACT, regardless of agreements made by the Ministers. I have heard Mrs Carnell pick on interpretations. I agree that some of the wording in Ms Reilly's motion is a little bit loose, but to focus the debate on that is once again to totally ignore what is the essence of this motion and the essence of our amendments. People in this community who are disadvantaged are very frightened that we are losing our basic safety net in this city. That is what this motion is about and that is what our amendments are about.

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