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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1996 Week 10 Hansard (5 September) . . Page.. 3204 ..

Mr De Domenico: It is your time, mate. Keep going.

Mr Berry: Mr Speaker, he has done it again. You ruled that he will not do it any more.

MR SPEAKER: Order, Mr De Domenico!

Mr Hird: The halo is getting a bit tarnished.

MR WHITECROSS: Mr Speaker, these two consistently defy your rulings. You should deal with them.

MR SPEAKER: Order! We are not contributing anything to the debate by these inane interjections.

MR WHITECROSS: "Inane" being the operative word. Mr Speaker, they flunk the convenience test. They also flunk the test because the supermarkets they are closing down are the supermarkets where Choice says - - -

Mr De Domenico: You flunk the recognition test.

Mr Berry: Mr Speaker!

MR SPEAKER: Order! Keep going, Mr Whitecross.

MR WHITECROSS: Mr Speaker, you should deal with them. His name is Mr De Domenico, if you want to name him.

MR SPEAKER: Continue.

MR WHITECROSS: Mr Speaker, the fact is that people are willing to travel to a supermarket that offers a wide variety of products at competitive prices, and Mr De Domenico and his colleagues want to close them down at 7 o'clock at night so that they cannot shop there. Brilliant! What else do customers like, Mr Speaker? Surprise, surprise; they like convenient hours. Well, well, well, well!

Ms Follett: Too bad about that.

MR WHITECROSS: Too bad about that. Exactly. So much for convenient hours!

Mr Hird: When do you shop?

Mr Berry: Mr Speaker, we have another member in somebody else's chair interjecting. They are just ignoring you, treating you with contempt.

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