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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1996 Week 9 Hansard (28 August) . . Page.. 2687 ..

MR SPEAKER: Again, Mr Moore, I respond in the same way as I responded to Mr Berry. I doubt whether Mr Berry has heard me calling for relevance, because of the noise from elsewhere in the chamber.

Mr Kaine: Mr Speaker, on that point of order: Mr Berry's performance has persuaded me. He has my vote, but not on this issue.

Mr Whitecross: Mr Speaker, further to the point of order: Mr Moore did make reference in his point of order to the hypocrisy of Mr Berry not giving due regard to your instructions about relevance. I just want to point out the hypocrisy of Mr Moore taking that point of order when he too disregarded your instructions in regard to that.

Mr Hird: Mr Speaker, on that point of order, I would like to say that Mr Whitecross would want to perform a little better or Mr Berry will be moving into his chair.

MR SPEAKER: There is no point of order.

Amendment (Ms Tucker's) negatived.

Amendment (by Ms Tucker), by leave, proposed:

Add the following new paragraphs:

"(4) the current levels of public housing stock as a percentage of rental housing are maintained and the Government commits to further expansion of public and community housing.

(5) that the Commonwealth State Housing Agreement funds are quarantined from use in meeting the ACT's fiscal contributions to the Commonwealth of $10.8 million in 1997-98 and $5.1 million in 1998-99.".

MR BERRY (12.22): Mr Speaker, I move:

That, pursuant to standing order 133, the question be divided.

I move this motion so that proposed paragraphs (4) and (5) can be considered separately. Labor will be opposing proposed paragraph (4) because the words used create a bit of a moving feast. Mr Moore is not very often right on anything, but he got it right on this one. The formula just would not work in the interests of public housing in the ACT, so Labor will be opposing that.

Question resolved in the affirmative.

MR SPEAKER: We will deal with the two parts of amendment No. 2 seriatim. The question is: That paragraph (4) be added to the motion.

Amendment negatived.

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