Page 588 - Week 02 - Wednesday, 24 February 2010

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options that are on the table? Is this how we are doing policy now? It looks erratic; it looks disjointed; it looks like the minister is now struggling to get it done, and this has been a monumental failure of public policy. (Time expired.)

MR SPEAKER: The question is that Mr Hanson’s amendment be agreed to. Ms Porter, I think you have spoken on Mr Hanson’s amendment.

Ms Porter: I was going to close the debate.

MR SPEAKER: I think we have to deal with Mr Hanson’s amendment first.

Ms Porter: All right. Yes, we do.

Mr Seselja: She can speak.

MR SPEAKER: Sorry, my mistake, Ms Porter. If you would like to speak now, we can just deal with all the motions—

Ms Porter: Together?

MR SPEAKER: Yes. I will have to deal with them sequentially, but you can speak now if you wish. Sorry, that was my mistake.

Ms Porter: Go through the right process and I will stand up to close the debate in a minute.

MR SPEAKER: I will come back to you then.

Question put:

That Mr Hanson’s amendment be agreed to.

The Assembly voted—

Question so resolved in the negative.

Amendment negatived.

MR STANHOPE (Ginninderra—Chief Minister, Minister for Transport, Minister for Territory and Municipal Services, Minister for Business and Economic Development, Minister for Land and Property Services, Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait

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