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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1996 Week 14 Hansard (12 December) . . Page.. 4816 ..

MR SPEAKER: And opinions are out of order.

Mr Moore: Mr Speaker, if the committee is unhappy with their chair, they will roll the chair. That is their prerogative.

MR SPEAKER: Just a moment.

Mr Moore: Just allow me to answer the question, Mr Speaker. You allow latitude for those Ministers to answer the question, Mr Speaker. It is appropriate that you allow the same latitude to other members who have been asked a question under standing order 116, Mr Speaker. Otherwise there will be standing orders referred to again and again every time a Minister is asked a question.

Mrs Carnell: Mr Speaker, it is Christmas.

Mr Osborne: Mr Speaker, if it is Christmas - - -

MR SPEAKER: The Chief Minister reminds me it is Christmas. All I can say is that either the elves or the reindeers are loose in here at the moment.

Mr Osborne: Mr Speaker, if it is Christmas, can I answer that supplementary question? Just say yes.

MR SPEAKER: Order!

Mr Kaine: Does anybody else have a question?

MR SPEAKER: Does anybody else have a question?

Mr Moore: Mr Speaker, Mr Kaine has drawn your attention to a possibility that I might inappropriately answer the question. I will not inappropriately answer the question, Mr Speaker, and I think I should be given latitude and the opportunity to do that.

MR SPEAKER: Try me.

Mr Osborne: Mr Speaker, if Mr Moore is allowed to have a go, why can't I?

MR SPEAKER: Order! Resume your seat, Mr Osborne. Order! The house will come to order.

MR MOORE: Thank you, Mr Osborne, for that question. Mr Osborne, allow me to say to you that the Planning and Environment Committee tabled a report on this matter of the Kingston foreshore development. There was a particularly interesting part of a public hearing, Mr Speaker, where the committee was briefed by departmental officials, including people from the Kingston Foreshore Development Authority. They told us that there had been an interesting public consultation process that had occurred on the Kingston contamination site. One of the reasons - - -

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