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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 13 Hansard (2 December) . . Page.. 4256 ..

MR CORBELL (continuing):

That is simply just not good enough. That is not what the forms of the house are about. If the Government does have concerns about its time and its ability to read a speech in the time provided - - -

MR SPEAKER: Which is being used up at the moment; but go on.

MR CORBELL: Mr Speaker, it is the Government that have pushed this issue onto us. If the Government had been prepared to accept a refusal to grant leave, it would have been all over by now. But when the Government does not even approach us and say, "We would like to seek your agreement for leave to be granted", and when they just push the piece of paper under the door, they cannot expect this side of the house to agree.

Mr Humphries: I did. I spoke to Wayne a while ago about that.

Mr Berry: You did not.

Mr Humphries: I did. I came to you and spoke to you about the idea of me reading Kate's speech.

Mr Berry: You liar. You are a liar.

MR CORBELL: If they dealt with it in a more civilised and more appropriate fashion, they would get agreement from this side of the house; but when they continue to behave in this manner they will not.

Mr Humphries: Mr Speaker, I think Mr Berry called me a liar, and I would ask for that to be withdrawn. The record will show that I did speak to Mr Berry about this matter some while ago in the chamber.

Question resolved in the affirmative, with the concurrence of an absolute majority.

Debate resumed.

Speech incorporated at Appendix 1.

Debate (on motion by Mr Berry) adjourned.

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