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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2001 Week 8 Hansard (8 August) . . Page.. 2590 ..
MR QUINLAN (continuing):
this place and the way Mr Humphries seems to be quite happy to misrepresent what people have said.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
Personal explanation
MR HUMPHRIES (Chief Minister, Minister for Community Affairs and Treasurer): Under standing order 46, I would like to respond to the comments of Mr Quinlan.
MR TEMPORARY DEPUTY SPEAKER (Mr Hird): Please proceed.
MR HUMPHRIES: Mr Quinlan made reference a little while ago to inaccurate views. He referred to what I had said about his comments in question time today. I do not think that he used the word "fantasy", but the phrase he used that led me to believe he used that word was very similar: the ACT budget surplus was "sprinkled with stardust". I am sorry that that transmogrified into "fantasy", but I think that is near enough.
Mr Quinlan: Does that count as an apology?
MR HUMPHRIES: I apologise for not using the exact words, but the intent was there. "Sprinkled with stardust" is pretty close, and I think I got it more or less right saying what I said about it at question time.
Health and Community Care-Standing Committee
Report No 10
MR WOOD (3.50): Mr Temporary Deputy Speaker, I present the following paper:
Health and Community Care-Standing Committee-Report No 10-Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health in the ACT, dated 6 August 2001, together with a copy of the extracts of the minutes of proceedings.
I seek leave to move a motion to authorise the publication of the report.
Leave granted.
MR WOOD: I move:
That the Assembly authorises the publication of the Standing Committee on Health and Community Care Report on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health in the ACT.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
MR WOOD: I move:
That the report be noted.
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