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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 13 Hansard (2 December) . . Page.. 4372 ..

MRS CARNELL (Chief Minister and Treasurer) (10.00): What we are talking about is 3 per cent of the following year's approved appropriation where an Appropriation Bill has been passed. Under normal circumstances that would be the case, because we are passing our Appropriation Bill before the end of the financial year. If the following year's Appropriation Bill has not been passed, we are talking about 3 per cent of the money provided under section 7 of the principal Act. That is exactly what would happen if an Appropriation Bill was not passed by the end of the financial year, which has happened before. It is all there in the Act. This is not brave new world stuff. It is quite definite.

Question put:

That proposed new clause 8B be inserted.

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

MR SPEAKER: The question now is: That proposed new clause 8C be inserted.

MRS CARNELL (Chief Minister and Treasurer) (10.04): Mr Speaker, the basis of this amendment is a strange situation that occurs at the moment within our Financial Management Act, and that is that when an unforeseen specific purpose payment is paid by the Commonwealth to the ACT - - -

Mr Berry: When was the last time we got one?

MR SPEAKER: Order! The last time we debated this, nobody was listening and we have had to rescind our previous vote.

Mr Whitecross: I raise a point of order, Mr Speaker. We were listening. We knew what we were doing. We voted no.

MR SPEAKER: I would ask you all to be quiet while the Chief Minister explains proposed new clause 8C. Proceed, Mrs Carnell.

MRS CARNELL: Quite regularly, our budget may be passed before the Commonwealth's. It may mean - - -

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