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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000 Week 1 Hansard (15 February) . . Page.. 138 ..
MR HUMPHRIES (continuing):
We need to take steps to prevent the community being exposed to problems of this kind. I welcome indications of support. I hope that this legislation is unnecessary and unused, and that we never have to face a situation where somebody threatens to contaminate the foodstuffs or products consumed by the ACT public.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
Bill agreed to in principle.
Leave granted to dispense with the detail stage.
Bill agreed to.
MR WOOD (4.07): Mr Humphries was a little upset when I suggested that he might not be the world champion budget producer. He was a bit concerned about that. It seems to me that his memory is a little less clear than mine, as I am currently one of three members in the chamber here from the very early days. When I get knocked about the head or kicked in the shins I remember it: It gives me much greater ability to recall things.
My interest in this was brought about when Mr Humphries brought down his budget statement - 500 pages or whatever it was he said. I had quite a number of calls to my office from the community sector saying, "Hey, what's in this for us?". He too probably got those sorts of calls in his office. Of course, I had to say, "I can't tell you. We've got bottom line stuff mostly. I can't tell you what's in it. I'm sorry, you'll have to wait till later".
Mr Humphries: You weren't trying very hard, Mr Wood.
MR WOOD: Come on, can you tell me what a specific community group is going to get?
Mr Humphries: In some cases I can - if there is something for them.
MR WOOD
: Well, you had better spell those out. Yet in the material that Labor gave out - it was also very much in the way of face-to-face meetings with these community agencies and unions, I well remember - information was provided to bodies so that they could see what they would get in their particular project. The community bodies reacted
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