Page 2812 - Week 07 - Tuesday, 29 June 2010

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That the documents quoted from by Mr Stanhope (Minister for Territory and Municipal Services) in his speech be presented to the Assembly.

Question put:

That Mr Coe’s motion be agreed to.

The Assembly voted—

Ayes 9

Noes 6

Ms Bresnan

Ms Le Couteur

Mr Barr

Mr Stanhope

Mr Coe

Mr Rattenbury

Ms Burch

Mrs Dunne

Mr Seselja

Mr Corbell

Mr Hanson

Mr Smyth

Ms Gallagher

Ms Hunter

Mr Hargreaves

Question so resolved in the affirmative.

Mr Seselja: Mr Assistant Speaker, I am just seeking your ruling. Is the document now to be tabled?

MR ASSISTANT SPEAKER: It is my understanding, Mr Seselja, that the motion that has just been passed by the Assembly asked the Chief Minister to table those documents, but no time frame was put on that motion. There would need to be another one. I am sorry if I appear to be pedantic. I am just trying to get it absolutely straight.

Mr Seselja: Do we need another substantive motion?

MR ASSISTANT SPEAKER: At this stage of the game there is nothing before the Assembly for me to rule on, Mr Seselja.

Mr Seselja: We will come back to that.

MR ASSISTANT SPEAKER: Mr Seselja, are you speaking on this particular item? This is your second 10 minutes.

MR SESELJA (Molonglo—Leader of the Opposition) (9:36): Yes, Mr Assistant Speaker, this is my second 10 minutes. We have seen the sensitivity of the Chief Minister on this issue. He fears that he is going to be remembered as the great tree killer of Canberra, who was all in favour of trees at the arboretum on Dairy Farmers Hill but was very happy for the other trees in Canberra to die. He will be remembered as the man who killed the trees in Canberra’s suburbs.

We saw the embarrassment of Mr Stanhope as he responded—as it dawned upon him just how poor this choice was. We have given him the opportunity to actually fix this and take money from the appropriation for the arboretum and put it into our street trees. He is ripping millions of dollars out of our street tree program, in order to pursue his personal legacy project. So his legacy in relation to trees will be that he

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