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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 13 Hansard (2 December) . . Page.. 4357 ..

MR BERRY: I repeat, Mr Speaker, that we will not be supporting a variation to the Financial Management Act which allows a flood of money from a large appropriation to go to an area which has been damaged by mismanagement. The fact of the matter is that there ought to be decent standards set. The decent standard is 3 per cent and it ought to be adhered to.

MRS CARNELL (Chief Minister and Treasurer) (9.07): Mr Speaker, I understand that Mr Berry indicated that these amendments were put on the table today. I understand that they were delivered to Mr Berry's office on Friday and they were discussed with Mr Berry or his staff yesterday. They have been around for a few days, Mr Speaker.

Mr Berry: It does not matter. They are still wrong and I am not going to vote for it. It is crazy.

Question put:

That the amendment (Mrs Carnell's) be agreed to.

The Assembly voted -

AYES, 9		 NOES, 7

Mrs Carnell	Mr Berry
Mr Cornwell	Mr Corbell
Mr Hird		Ms McRae
Mr Humphries	Ms Reilly
Mr Kaine	Ms Tucker
Mrs Littlewood	Mr Whitecross
Mr Moore	Mr Wood
Mr Osborne
Mr Stefaniak

Clause, as amended, agreed to.

Clause 7

MRS CARNELL (Chief Minister and Treasurer) (9.11): Mr Speaker, I move amendment No. 2 circulated in my name. It reads as follows:

Page 2, line 32, omit all the words after "from", substitute "paragraph (2)(b) `$50,000' and substituting `$300,000'.".

Mr Speaker, I have spoken about the move from $50,000 up to $300,000. I think it is fairly self-explanatory.

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