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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1996 Week 9 Hansard (28 August) . . Page.. 2689 ..

MS REILLY (continuing):

Let us get sensible about this. Let us look at maintaining the mix of public housing. Rather than getting caught up in semantics and trying to be smarter than each other in trying to describe and define what mix is, let us look at what housing we have now and look at how we can maintain that housing. Obviously, we would all support the maintenance of a strong public housing sector. We would support the continuation of a dynamic housing market. This does not suggest that you do nothing. It suggests that you respond to the needs of public housing tenants. This is the principle underlying this motion. We are looking at what is going to happen in public housing. We are bringing this discussion into the open instead of it being conducted behind closed doors. I commend this motion to you and ask for your support.

Mr Moore: Mr Speaker, under standing order 133, I seek to have the question divided. I would certainly like to have the opportunity to vote separately on paragraph (3).

Ordered that the question be divided.

MR SPEAKER: It has been suggested by the Clerk that all words up to and including paragraph (2) be put first and that paragraph (3) be put separately to accommodate Mr Moore's request.

Mr Humphries: That will not work, Mr Speaker. I think Mr Moore will want the preamble with paragraph (3) as well. You really want the words "This Assembly directs the Government to ensure that" with paragraph (3), do you not?

Mr Moore: That is right.

Mr Humphries: It needs to be divided in that way.

Mr Moore: That will be the second part. The first part is correct. The first vote will be on everything up to the end of paragraph (2), and the second vote will be on "This Assembly directs the Government to ensure that" and paragraph (3).

MR SPEAKER: The question is: That the preamble and paragraphs (1) and (2) be agreed to.

Question resolved in the negative.

MR SPEAKER: The question now is: That the words "This Assembly directs the Government to ensure that" and paragraph (3) be agreed to.

Question resolved in the affirmative.

Sitting suspended from 12.30 to 2.30 pm

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