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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 4 Hansard (7 May) . . Page.. 1097 ..

Mr Hird: In buckets of salt water?

MRS CARNELL: No; that is turtles. No; these are tortoises.

MR SPEAKER: And thence soup.

MRS CARNELL: They have not been turned into soup. They have been given to members of the community. Some have been given to retirement villages, and they are all very happy.

MR SPEAKER: In answer to Ms McRae's further comments: I have taken advice. It has been again drawn to my notice that standing order 200 prevents a member other than a Minister from moving "an enactment, vote or resolution for the appropriation of the public money of the Territory". Ms Horodny's motion is, I suppose you could say, an expression of an opinion calling upon the Government - and they are the words that have been used - to do something. It is up to the Government, however, whether it takes action on this matter, because it is up to the Government only, or a Minister of the Government, to move a money Bill.

Ms McRae: It puts the Government in contempt of the Assembly, though, if we pass it. That is the problem.

MR SPEAKER: Well, that is the situation. It is not out of order.

Question resolved in the negative.

LANDLORD AND TENANT (AMENDMENT) BILL 1997

Debate resumed from 26 February 1997, on motion by Ms Reilly:

That this Bill be agreed to in principle.

MR STEFANIAK (Minister for Education and Training and Minister for Housing and Family Services) (5.34): Mr Speaker, the Government will be opposing this Bill. There will be a few things happening probably after we finish the in-principle debate. The Bill is unnecessary. It seeks to bring public tenancies under an outdated piece of legislation which, if anyone has a look at it, has gaps in it all over the place as a result of being amended so many times that it is just not funny. But this outdated piece of legislation is about to be replaced by new, comprehensive and long-awaited reformed residential tenancies legislation.

Mr Moore: "Long-awaited", did you say?

MR STEFANIAK: It has been, and it is coming. The new legislation will regulate tenancies throughout the ACT, including ACT Housing tenancies.

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