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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1999 Week 11 Hansard (19 October) . . Page.. 3272 ..
MS CARNELL: Mr Speaker, I would hope that that was not a comment about a public servant.
MR SPEAKER: Chief Minister, you have answered the question about the figures.
MS CARNELL: Mr Speaker, I would suggest that the supplementary question is out of order in that it has an innuendo. In fact, it probably contravenes about three different standing orders.
MR SPEAKER: It came in four parts, as I recall, one of which had been answered. Another one certainly contained an innuendo.
MS CARNELL: Mr Speaker, I would like the question ruled out of order because it is out of order.
Mr Kaine: On that point of order, Mr Speaker: The Chief Minister seems to have a double standard. Following the document I just tabled, in which she had to correct an answer in Hansard, she attributed her error to a public servant in her department. It is okay for her to do it but not for Mr Berry.
MR SPEAKER: There is no point of order, Mr Kaine.
Mr Berry: And I have not referred to a public servant, Mr Speaker.
MR SPEAKER: You claimed.
Mr Berry: I said Mrs Carnell sent out a glove puppet, somebody to do her bidding. They do exactly what you want them to do.
MR SPEAKER: The question is out of order.
MR OSBORNE: I will get Mr Berry to come over and put my kids to bed with that little glove.
MR SPEAKER: Do not encourage him, Mr Osborne. Ask your question.
MR OSBORNE
: If you do come over, just hide that dial of yours. They will have nightmares if they see that before they go to sleep. My question is to the Attorney-General regarding the use of security cameras in public places in Canberra. Mr Humphries, based on information obtained through a series of questions on notice from me, over the past three years it appears that there has been quite a large rise in the number of security cameras used in public places in Canberra. In 1996 there were 213 security cameras operating in Canberra in 21 public locations. As at the beginning of this month, there are now over 366 cameras operating in 35 locations, with an undisclosed number operating at the Road User Services building in Dickson. This
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