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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000 Week 9 Hansard (7 September) . . Page.. 2968 ..

Mr Quinlan: More passion. Come on. Get yourself wound up.

Mr Corbell: A party of convenience. It is like all those flag ships

MR SPEAKER: Order! Mr Moore has the floor. If you wish to defend yourselves you can stand up and speak later.

MR MOORE: It is a sensible way to operate. I am not uncomfortable with your notion of a party of convenience. It is a very different issue from what you do in term of your convenience and your embarrassment that comes over poker machines-

Mr Corbell: Have you ever heard of the ships of shame? Those flag of convenience ships? Come off it, Michael. You don't know what you are talking about.

MR SPEAKER: Order! You are not at one of your meetings now. Order, please! There will be silence while members are speaking, thank you. If you wish to participate in the debate, get up on your feet and do so. You are not in a party meeting now.

MR MOORE: Thank you. Mr Speaker, the reality is that every time the Labor Party are embarrassed they begin this sort of cackling across the chamber to try to undermine the things that are being said because they do not like what they hear. They know in their heart of hearts that it is true. They have a clear conflict of interest, a very clear conflict of interest, when it comes to poker machines. They protect their own cash cow in the very worst possible way. For them to come in here and put these sets of amendments that are inconsistent with the approach taken by the Electoral Commission is appalling because it exposes hypocrisy. They ought to do exactly the same as Mr Osborne does when it comes to matters with regard to poker machines; they should step aside. They should step aside from it, Mr Speaker, because it is quite clear it is absolutely-

Mr Quinlan: What, half the chamber? What a stupid notion.

MR MOORE: Mr Quinlan says, "What a stupid notion." That you would stand aside from a vote when you have the advantage of millions and millions of dollars over an electoral period. You feel you should not have any reason to stand aside. You have voted again and again to protect that cash cow.

Mr Quinlan: You can't vote on business? FAI. The casino.

Mr Corbell: Let's talk about the 250 Club. Let's talk about the Greenfields Foundation.

MR SPEAKER: Silence!

Mr Stanhope: The casino.

Mr Humphries: We have never had money from the casino.

MR MOORE: Again and again you have voted to protect that cash cow.

Mr Stanhope: The Liberal Party didn't have money from the casino?

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