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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1999 Week 13 Hansard (7 December) . . Page.. 3806 ..

MR OSBORNE (continuing):

Mr Speaker, as I said, the Labor Party members were speaking to us last week - we get a nod from Mr Hargreaves - because of significant issues which we raised about the legislation, which I heard from the Government were only minor, but we adjourned it. So, if we want to be consistent in this place, if we want to respect the role that the scrutiny of Bills committee plays, I think the only fair thing to do - I point out that we have a lot on the agenda this week - is for the Government to go away and for Mr Stanhope to go away and then get back to us after we have had time to digest this report. If they do not, Mr Speaker, it makes a complete mockery of the Labor Party's claim that they are all about following the proper process. Here is a perfect opportunity for them to do so.

MR HARGREAVES: I seek leave to speak to the report. I am a member of the committee.

Leave granted.

MR HARGREAVES: Thank you, members, and thank you, Mr Speaker. I would like to address a couple of things on this. Firstly, this accusation about not being consistent in terms of process is nothing short of absolute garbage. Mr Osborne well knows that the issue regarding process that the Labor Party has been about in recent times has been the use of the administrative process and style. He is just twisting it around, turning it around to make it suit his own ends because he wants to get his own agenda up. Let us just be quite clear about that.

Mr Osborne: I take a point of order, Mr Speaker. This is not the John Hargreaves who was at the committee this morning. Could you ask the Labor Party to produce him, because he is clearly contradicting what he said this morning?

MR SPEAKER: There is no point of order, Mr Osborne.

Mr Osborne: Where is he?

MR SPEAKER: There is no point of order.

Mr Osborne: Where is he?

MR HARGREAVES: Would you ask him to resume his seat, please, Mr Speaker?

MR SPEAKER: There is no point of order, Mr Osborne.

MR HARGREAVES: If Mr Osborne would stop getting exited and stop jumping up and down like a toad on a toadstool he could listen to what I have to say.

Mr Osborne: I did this morning. I listened to you this morning in the committee.

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