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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1999 Week 9 Hansard (31 August) . . Page.. 2568 ..

MR QUINLAN (continuing):

In respect of the V8 race, members will know that Jon Stanhope, the Leader of the Opposition, said right from the outset that we would like to see a business case. Initially we saw a few numbers, then on Tuesday I received some expansion upon those numbers, and I had assumed that they had gone to all members of the Assembly. Apparently they had not. Be that as it may, I think that the case for the race might have been subject to examination and this Assembly might have been better - - -

Ms Carnell: I take a point of order, Mr Speaker. Mr Quinlan is reflecting on a vote in this place. He cannot do that. It is contrary to standing orders.

MR SPEAKER: No, he cannot. I would remind you, Mr Quinlan, that standing orders do not allow reflections on debates.

MR QUINLAN: Mr Speaker, I am trying to communicate to this Assembly that if we are to support the Bill we will be doing it without the benefit of a considerable amount of information that we might have otherwise had.

MR SPEAKER: That is in order, but you cannot reflect on a vote of the Assembly.

MR QUINLAN: That is fine. I did not say any naughty words, did I, about the vote of the Assembly?

MR SPEAKER: No. You may say that you are - - -

Ms Carnell: You cannot debate it again.

MR QUINLAN: I believe I can stand in this place and say that we now have an appropriation Bill asking for the expenditure of a considerable amount of money and an implied forward commitment for more expenditure and to observe that members are being asked to vote on that with a limited amount of information.

MR SPEAKER: That is perfectly in order.

Mr Berry: Limited by the Assembly.

MR QUINLAN: Yes.

Mr Moore: Mr Speaker, I think Mr Quinlan does not understand standing orders. Mr Berry interjected, "Limited by this Assembly", to which Mr Quinlan replied, "Yes". Standing order 52 says:

It was fine up to the point that Mr Berry interjected and Mr Quinlan said that Mr Berry was quite right. That part was inconsistent with the standing order.

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