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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000 Week 5 Hansard (11 May) . . Page.. 1537 ..

MR OSBORNE (continuing):

Mr Speaker, this issue has been resolved. You issued a statement in the Assembly the other day. The issue of whether the report as a whole is to be published has not been finalised. Mr Berry attempted to cheat and to incorporate that section in Hansard.

Mr Berry: I take a point of order, Mr Speaker. I think you should get him to withdraw that one.

Mr Humphries: Oh, you want him to withdraw an unparliamentary comment, do you?

MR OSBORNE: I am happy to withdraw.

MR SPEAKER: Thank you.

MR OSBORNE: When I make a mistake, Mr Speaker, I am more than happy to withdraw, and I withdraw the word "cheat". It is very clear that Mr Berry was attempting to use the standing orders to try to sneakily include it on the record for the media to access. I heard a report that night. It may have been on the ABC. The journalist read onto the airways the allegation of Mr Hargreaves. He was able to do that via Mr Berry reading it into Hansard. The issue has not been resolved. The allegation is not true.

Mr Berry had the opportunity to raise his allegations with Mr Humphries during the draft budget process. He did not do that, and Mr Hargreaves did not do that. Mr Humphries gave an explanation to the committee which was accepted until the draft report arrived. I think it was sneaky and this Assembly should not have allowed it to succeed.

The time allowed by standing order 69 for the debate on the motion having expired-

Question put:

The Assembly voted-

Ayes, 8  	Noes, 9

Mr Berry  	Ms Carnell
Mr Corbell  	Mr Cornwell
Mr Hargreaves  	Mr Hird
Mr Kaine  	Mr Humphries
Mr Quinlan  	Mr Moore
Mr Stanhope  	Mr Osborne
Ms Tucker  	Mr Rugendyke
Mr Wood  	Mr Smyth
 		Mr Stefaniak

Question so resolved in the negative.

MR SPEAKER: Mr Berry, in accordance with my earlier comment, I repeat that if you wish to debate this matter it will need a substantive motion. In the meantime, however, I would ask you to withdraw as requested, please.

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