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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 3 Hansard (9 April) . . Page.. 819 ..

Mr Berry: The motion is a lie, Mrs Carnell.

MRS CARNELL: Mr Speaker, if you would like to throw him out, that is fine.

MR SPEAKER: Yes; actually I am going to - - -

Mr Whitecross: You have your orders.

Mr Humphries: It is a pointed suggestion.

MRS CARNELL: It is a pointed suggestion. Mr Speaker, the issue of exclusivity is the issue that is important here. The issue is not who gives what to particular parties, but the fact that in the ACT Assembly we have a piece of legislation that maintains exclusive access of clubs to poker machines. I think it is important to read just a little from the Canberra Labor Club's general manager's report in their annual report, which I think really sums it up.

Mr Whitecross: Another public document!

MRS CARNELL: Yes, another public document; absolutely. It says:

This result -

they are talking about the result for last year -

will allow the Canberra Labor Club to continue in its ongoing financial and other support to the Belconnen Community ...

That means the people of the ACT, the Labor Party, all those sorts of people that we know that they support. Then it goes on:

This support is only possible by way of the continuation of community based clubs having exclusive access to poker machines.

This is the actual Labor Club saying that. The Labor Club - and it is important - says:

This support is only possible by way of the continuation of community based clubs having exclusive access to poker machines.

It then goes on, and I am quoting exactly, Mr Speaker:

The continuation of the ACT Government's current policy of allowing only legitimate clubs access to poker machines will ensure that this club's commitment to its members and the community will continue for the foreseeable future.

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