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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2001 Week 10 Hansard (29 August) . . Page.. 3637 ..

MR HUMPHRIES (continuing):

Mr Quinlan to check the transcript of his committee hearing before he again makes such allegations.

I also note and am pleased to see that Mr Quinlan withdrew to some extent from his description of TransACT yesterday. He did not say it was a bad investment; he used a different phrase. I will check that phrase. I do not have it in front of me. The phrase was quite unprovoked-

Mr Quinlan: I will read it to you if you like.

MR HUMPHRIES: Fine. I look forward to you doing that. I am pleased to see that that tone is to some extent being withdrawn from.

Mr Quinlan: No.

MR HUMPHRIES: It is not. In that case, you are on the record as having said that about TransACT. I note those comments, and I have great regret about those comments.

MR QUINLAN: Unfortunately, Mr Temporary Deputy Speaker, I have to ask for leave to make a personal explanation under section 46.

MR TEMPORARY DEPUTY SPEAKER: Proceed.

MR QUINLAN: First of all, I need to clarify a point. Am I able to read into Hansard the Hansard of the committee hearing? The hearing was in camera but the proceedings have been approved for publication. The period for editing has expired, but because of practical difficulty we have been unable to produce the final edited copy. Am I able to read that into Hansard now?

MR TEMPORARY DEPUTY SPEAKER: If it is material to your personal explanation you may well consider tabling it, but if you wish to make a statement in respect of the matter that was before your committee-

MR QUINLAN: This will be a public document come Friday.

MR TEMPORARY DEPUTY SPEAKER: No, that is not what I am referring to, Mr Quinlan. You rose under standing order 46 to make a personal explanation, not a statement. So if you wish to incorporate-

MR QUINLAN: I seek leave of the Assembly to read a couple of excerpts from the draft Hansard-

MR TEMPORARY DEPUTY SPEAKER: Is leave granted?

Mr Humphries: I would like to ask for clarification of what is occurring here. I know there are usually strict rules about the use of draft documents. I have a draft in front of me which I did not quote from in my remarks under standing order 46, because I understood that the document could not be referred to until a final edited version had been-

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