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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000 Week 7 Hansard (29 June) . . Page.. 2238 ..

Mr Wood (continuing):

MR HUMPHRIES: Yes, 300 million big ones-

Mr Stanhope: That is not from the bottom line.

MR HUMPHRIES: It still comes out of the government's pocket, does it not? Where does it come from?

Mr Stanhope: You have got nothing for super and you know it.

MR SPEAKER: Order! Settle down.

MR HUMPHRIES: Do we print the money?

Mr Stanhope: It's a disgrace, an absolute disgrace.

MR SPEAKER: You have asked your question, Mr Stanhope.

MR HUMPHRIES: We have also funded emerging liability at a much higher level than the Labor Party did when they were in government. I will produce the figures on that in the budget debate later today. Also, we have in place a plan to be able to fund extra payments for superannuation from a surplus, something that you people were never able to achieve. Anybody listening to ABC radio this morning would have been severely misled by the things that they heard from Mr Stanhope.

Mr Hird: It took my breath away.

MR HUMPHRIES: It is quite breathtaking that they should hear extraordinary claims of that kind coming from the Leader of the Opposition at that time.

Mr Stanhope: To complete that answer, Mr Speaker, I would like-

MR SPEAKER: Sit down; this is question time.

Mr Stanhope: I would like to conclude that anybody who read the Canberra Times would have been misled, too, if they thought Stanhope may save Carnell.

MR SPEAKER: Sit down, Mr Stanhope, otherwise I will deal with you. The next interjection, Mr Stanhope, and you will be warned.

MR WOOD: My question is to Mr Moore and is about waiting lists. Minister, I note that you have announced contracts for more surgery. I hope that they will help the man whose case I raise and you know about, although one-off additional funding in the past has not helped. You will be aware of recent press reports of a man with a knee injury who, after waiting four years for an operation, has twice this month had a scheduled operation cancelled. He is booked in again, I understand, but he cannot be sure that it will not be cancelled a third time.

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