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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1998 Week 10 Hansard (24 November) . . Page.. 2764 ..

MS CARNELL (continuing):

... to examine the expenditure proposals contained in the Appropriation Bill 1998-99 and any revenue estimates proposed by the Government in the 1998 Budget, and the Annual and Financial Reports for the financial year 1997-98;

They are very clear, very specific. Mr Speaker, this report does not address them. It is absolutely - - -

Mr Corbell: Yes, anything the Government has done in the last financial year.

MS CARNELL: Sorry, that is not - - -

Mr Corbell: Anything the Government has done in the last financial year.

MR SPEAKER: Order!

Mr Corbell: That is what it means.

MS CARNELL: That is not right.

Mr Corbell: It is what it means and you know that that is what it means.

MR SPEAKER: Order! Please allow the Chief Minister to continue speaking.

Mr Humphries: What does that have to do with a private members Bill?

Mr Corbell: It is about how he spends his time as a Minister.

MS CARNELL: Mr Speaker, this is ridiculous.

MR SPEAKER: Order! Mr Corbell, if you want to have a discussion with Mr Humphries, Mr Moore or anybody else, I suggest you go outside and do it. Allow the Chief Minister to address the Assembly in the silence that was extended to other members.

MS CARNELL: Thank you very much, Mr Speaker. The reality is that the terms of reference are quite clear and they are important. It is important for the process of government to have an estimates committee that does look at expenditure and revenue, that does look at financial reports, that does look seriously at annual reports. But we have here things way outside any of those documents that were the basis of the terms of reference.

Mr Berry: That is not right.

MS CARNELL: I am sorry; it is absolutely true. Where, anywhere in the budget or the annual reports, are comments - - -

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