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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000 Week 7 Hansard (29 June) . . Page.. 2236 ..
MR HUMPHRIES: The Liberal Party. This is what we said. In fact, Mr Stefaniak made this comment on 26 November 1991 in debating the 1991-92 budget.
It is fairly obvious that, although the Opposition in its various forms has problems with some parts of this budget, it is the Government's budget and it is going to have to live with it...I can see that there is a convention there. The bottom line is that this Government is going to have to live with its budget ...
Mr Stefaniak: That was when you were cutting police numbers.
MR HUMPHRIES: That is when you were cutting police numbers and we did not like it. You were cutting police numbers and we complained about that, but we said that we would support your budget.
Mr Stanhope: What is the burglary rate today, Mr Humphries?
MR HUMPHRIES: You can interject all you want, Mr Stanhope, but you told-
MR SPEAKER: Order! It is just a little lower than the interjection rate, Mr Stanhope, and that will be dealt with if you are not careful.
MR HUMPHRIES: You told the people of Canberra today on the radio that we had opposed budgets.
Mr Berry: You have.
MR HUMPHRIES: Which ones, Mr Berry?
Mr Berry: You have. You have never called a vote.
MR HUMPHRIES: Which ones?
MR SPEAKER: Mr Humphries, stop encouraging them to respond.
MR HUMPHRIES: How can we oppose without calling a vote, Mr Berry?
Mr Berry: I have never seen you go outside and say that there has been a great budget from Labor.
MR SPEAKER: Sit down, Mr Berry. You cannot both be standing at once.
MR HUMPHRIES: We can run outside waving our hands in the air and say, "Yes, we oppose this government's budget," if we want to.
MR SPEAKER: Order! I can see holidays are coming.
MR HUMPHRIES
: Mr Speaker, we have not come onto the floor of this place and put a government in the position of not having its budget passed or perhaps of giving power to the crossbenchers of this place by opposing a budget at any time in the 11 years that
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