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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 9 Hansard (3 September) . . Page.. 2842 ..

Mr Humphries: Mr Speaker, I rise on a point of order. Speaking over the Speaker or another member of the chamber while taking a point of order is not very polite, but that is probably as much as can be said about it.

MR SPEAKER: He has also exceeded - - -

Mr Humphries: Again, he is breaching standing orders by using standing order 46 to make an attack on another member. It is strictly outside standing orders.

MR BERRY: No; I was just explaining myself. My position stands up well against those other members'.

Mr Humphries: It is an attack on Mrs Carnell.

MR BERRY: No, it is not; it is just that I compare better.

MR SPEAKER: You went too far, Mr Berry.

MR BERRY: It is a pretty tight interpretation.

MR SPEAKER: Yes, it is a very tight interpretation, and it will remain so.

MR SPEAKER: I present, for the information of members, a report of a study trip undertaken by Bill Wood, MLA, to Darwin from 10 to 11 July and to Alice Springs from 13 to 14 July.

MR SPEAKER: I present, for the information of members and pursuant to the Auditor-General Act 1996, Auditor-General's Report No. 8 of 1997, entitled "Salaried Specialists' Use of Private Practice Privileges".

Motion (by Mr Humphries), by leave, agreed to:

That the Assembly authorises the publication of the Auditor-General's Report No. 8 of 1997.

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