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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 3 Hansard (9 April) . . Page.. 823 ..

MRS CARNELL: It is not an issue of who contributes to which party or whatever; it is about a very specific situation where poker machines - and the exclusive access to the same - according to the Labor Club, is what is allowing them to continue to contribute to the Labor Party. It is that simple. That is what the Labor Club themselves have said.

Mr Whitecross: You get a direct and personal benefit out of our having less electoral funding.

MR SPEAKER: Order!

MRS CARNELL: Mr Speaker, the Labor Club has said categorically that the reason they can continue to contribute to the Labor Party is - - -

Mr Berry: That is why you can be a millionaire. You can stick the money out of your business into your pocket, which you regulate.

MR SPEAKER: Would you be quiet, Mr Berry.

Mr Berry: You regulate your own business.

MR SPEAKER: I warn you, Mr Berry.

MRS CARNELL: I will finish here, Mr Speaker. I think I need to make the point again, without interruption, that the Labor Club has said that the only basis upon which they can continue to contribute at their current levels to the community and the Labor Party is if they continue to have exclusive access to poker machines. They go on to say that the ACT legislation and its not changing is the basis of maintaining that contribution at its current level. I think that says it all. Therefore, anything that is likely to change that exclusivity is likely to change the amount of money, according to the Labor Club, that goes directly to those opposite. If those opposite do anything then to maintain that exclusivity, they have acted with a direct conflict of interest.

MR BERRY: Mr Speaker, I seek leave to make a personal statement.

Mrs Carnell: I did not even speak about you; I quoted you.

MR BERRY: You did; you said that I received money directly from the Labor Club.

Mrs Carnell: I did not mention Mr Berry's name at all, Mr Speaker.

MR SPEAKER: Order! The matter has been - - -

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