Page 3270 - Week 09 - Wednesday, 21 August 2019
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MADAM SPEAKER: Do you claim to have been misrepresented?
MRS JONES: Yes.
MADAM SPEAKER: Please proceed.
MRS JONES: The minister misrepresented my perspective from my question, suggesting that I somehow disrespected the law enforcement officers of the ACT. I particularly go to the defence that Minister Rattenbury made that something that someone else does excuses what other people do. This is a tactic called “accuse to excuse”. It is not an acceptable form of argument in this place. Each and every person must answer for their own actions. I will answer for mine; each must answer for theirs. Mr Gentleman misrepresented the perspective put in the question.
MR GENTLEMAN (Brindabella—Manager of Government Business, Minister for the Environment and Heritage, Minister for Planning and Land Management, Minister for Police and Emergency Services and Minister assisting the Chief Minister on Advanced Technology and Space Industries) (3.07): Madam Speaker, Mrs Jones raised in her personal explanation that I had misrepresented her. She failed to explain any misrepresentation.
MADAM SPEAKER: I think we will just let the matter rest there, members.
Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Bill 2019-2020
Statement by member
MRS DUNNE (Ginninderra) (3.08): I seek leave to make a brief statement to correct the record.
Leave granted.
MRS DUNNE: Thank you, Madam Speaker and members. Yesterday in the appropriation debate in relation to the Legislative Assembly I made a statement that the government had not agreed to an appropriation for the Legislative Assembly. I was incorrect, because I was working from memory, and not from my notes, which I did not have with me. It was in fact for the Electoral Commission that money was not approved. My comments still stand, but I need to make it perfectly clear that I was mistaken yesterday. I thank the Clerk for drawing the mistake to my attention.
Planning—development application assessments
Debate resumed from 30 July 2019, on motion by Mr Parton:
That the motion be agreed to.
MR WALL (Brindabella) (3.08): It is topical that today we touch on DA processing times at a time when the minister for building quality is trying to state that he is about
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