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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000 Week 9 Hansard (7 September) . . Page.. 3000 ..

Ms Carnell: Mr Speaker, this is not a personal explanation.

MR SPEAKER: Yes, I am watching. Are you referring to your media release?

MR BERRY: I am coming to that.

MR SPEAKER: Come to it now.

MR BERRY: Okay. The Chief Minister drew attention to welcome low unemployment rates in the territory. If she does not want to-

MR SPEAKER: Resume your seat. This is not a personal explanation, Mr Berry, unless you relate it to that statement.

MR BERRY: I refer to my press release, Mr Speaker. Mrs Carnell conveniently forgot to mention that the only time the ACT was above national averages was when she attacked her own public service along with her mates-

MR SPEAKER: Sit down. There is no personal explanation whatsoever. I would be very careful for the rest of the afternoon, Mr Berry. Try any more of those tricks and you will be out.

MR CORBELL: Mr Speaker, I seek leave to make a personal explanation under standing order 46.

MR SPEAKER: Proceed.

MR CORBELL: During question time the Chief Minister, in response to a question from me, said that I or other members of the Labor Party-I certainly took it that she was referring to me-were attempting to downgrade or criticise the expertise or otherwise of the horticultural adviser appointed in relation to the Bruce Stadium turf. I was doing no such thing-

Mr Humphries: Mr Speaker, I take a point of order. You have ruled before that personal explanations have to be based on a direct criticism of a member. General criticisms of the Labor Party do not qualify any individual-

Mr Corbell: I asked the question.

Mr Humphries: I know but Mrs Carnell did not say that you personally criticised the ground keepers. She referred to general criticism-

Mr Corbell: Mr Speaker, on the point of order-

Mr Humphries: I have not finished my point of order.

MR SPEAKER: He has not finished the point of order yet. Just a moment.

Mr Corbell: Do not let him debate it; just rule on it.

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