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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2003 Week 8 Hansard (20 August) . . Page.. 2903 ..

MR SPEAKER: I did not hear it but withdraw it.

Mr Corbell: I withdraw the comment.

Mr Stefaniak: He said it twice.

MR SPEAKER: Yes.

Mr Wood: He says one thing and does another, or changes his mind over a period.

MR SPEAKER: Order, Mr Wood! Mr Pratt has the floor.

MR PRATT: Listen out, Bill. Mr Speaker, "emergency services"does not refer to management or government. I was stating satisfaction on behalf of the residents of Canberra with the actions-

Mr Quinlan: Why do you feel the need to explain yourself all of a sudden?

Mr Wood: You just said that emergency services had failed.

MR PRATT: Mr Speaker.

MR SPEAKER: Order, members!

Mr Wood: No, in a speech a few minutes ago he said-

MR SPEAKER: Order, Mr Wood!

Mr Wood: ESB is a failure.

MR PRATT: On a point of order, Mr Speaker.

MR SPEAKER: There is no point of order, Mr Pratt. Continue with your speech in support of the motion. Mr Pratt has the floor.

MR PRATT: Mr Speaker, the definition of "emergency services"in my speech is a damn sight different to the definition of the Emergency Services Bureau structure that I spoke about in my speech earlier today. Emergency services does not refer to management or government. I was stating satisfaction, on behalf of the residents of Canberra, with the actions taken by the emergency services in preparation for the coming bushfire season.

If we, the opposition, believe that everything had been done that could be done, then why would I have moved that the Assembly "urges the Government to immediately introduce universal bushfire prevention and safety education for all schools in the ACT-

Mr Corbell: Oh, it was about schools, was it?

Mr Quinlan: In November.

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