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Mr Smyth does need to put some of the facts on the table. I think that it is reasonable that Mr Smyth be given an opportunity to put the facts on the table, which is what he was doing when Mr Corbell obviously got uneasy about this. It is reasonable to allow Mr Smyth to put the facts on the table. Mr Smyth can take guidance on what is fact and what is not, and so far I do not think that he has strayed from what is fact.
MADAM DEPUTY SPEAKER: Thank you, Mrs Dunne.
Mr Corbell: No. It is not about what is fact; it is about where he has been misrepresented. That is the standing order.
MADAM DEPUTY SPEAKER: Thank you, Mrs Dunne. Mr Smyth, you are not allowed to debate this particular matter—
MR SMYTH: Well, it was not—
MADAM DEPUTY SPEAKER: Excuse me, I have not finished. You are not allowed to debate this matter. What I want you to do is tell me if you have any new information about other incidents where you have been misrepresented. You have already told us of the one incident where you were misrepresented. We have heard about that. We have heard why you believe you have been misrepresented. Have you got another incident from yesterday? If you have not, please come to a conclusion.
MR SMYTH: As to what you have just said, you were given certain latitude, and clearly there is one rule for some and one rule for others. I will finish here and I will take this up another way. This could have been done in a very reasonable way. I simply ask the minister to come forward and correct the record, having misled the house.
MADAM DEPUTY SPEAKER: Thank you, Mr Smyth.
Associations Incorporation Amendment Bill 2009
Mr Rattenbury, pursuant to notice, presented the bill.
Title read by Clerk.
MR RATTENBURY (Molonglo) (10.09): I move:
That this bill be agreed to in principle.
The bill I am introducing today amends the Associations Incorporation Act 2009 to ensure that the registrar-general will maintain the confidentiality of the contact details of not-for-profit association office holders if requested to do so. Section 14 of the Associations Incorporation Act provides that only not-for-profit organisations can be registered under the act, so members should keep in mind that we are only talking about changing the provisions that apply to community-based organisations—usually, but not always, run by volunteers.
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