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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1996 Week 12 Hansard (21 November) . . Page.. 4095 ..

Mr Moore: Hear, hear! Paragraph 3.38 makes very clear that it does not say that. It says it is a matter - - -

MADAM DEPUTY SPEAKER: Order!

MR BERRY: It says:

The committee sees the issue of conflict of interest as a matter for the Assembly to consider and notes that such a reference is presently before the Standing Committee ...

The point that I make, in expressing the view that you are the watchdog on your own professional registration and yourself in respect of the drugs of dependence program, is - - -

Mrs Carnell: The Pharmacy Board is.

MR BERRY: That is right. Three of them are appointed by you and the chair is appointed by you. In effect, you are the watchdog on yourself. That is fairly clear.

Mr Osborne: I raise a point of order. I would like to remind Mr Berry of standing order 62, which relates to irrelevance and tedious repetition. We have heard what Mr Berry has had to say probably every sitting day in the last month. I would like to remind him of that standing order.

MR BERRY: You should not take your advice from Mr Moore on these things. You have not heard me say it in the course of this debate.

MADAM DEPUTY SPEAKER: Thank you, Mr Osborne. That is correct, Mr Berry. Continue.

MR BERRY: Just be careful where you take your advice from.

Mr Moore: I take a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. You would know that the standing order does not restrict it to the particular debate at hand, although that is a normal interpretation.

MADAM DEPUTY SPEAKER: Mr Moore, that is true, but it would be a very brave Speaker who tried to remember what happened in previous debates. I am barely conscious through this one.

MR BERRY: Then we come to mental health services. This became a bigger issue really after the Estimates Committee had considered the matter. Mental health services are the subject of much interest in the Territory, principally because of the mismanagement of the program. The appointment of the head of the Mental Health Service has still not been done in accordance with the Act. The Act requires it and it has not been done. Mrs Carnell ignores legislation which has been endorsed by this Assembly. It is a contempt of the Assembly for her to do that.

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