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the result in the long term will be the best way to go about things.
I think what we have anyway at this stage, Mr Speaker, is a general agreement that a forward-looking committee that keeps this government, including ourselves, open and honest is the appropriate way to go.
MR KAINE (Leader of the Opposition) (11.05): Mr Speaker, it has been properly drawn to my attention that in my amendment I have used the word "determined" - that the Public Accounts Committee should determine. That is not within the ambit of that committee; it can only consider. The determination has to be made by the Assembly itself, so I seek leave of the Assembly to amend my amendment.
Leave granted.
MR KAINE: I move as an amendment to the amendment:
Omit "determined"; substitute "considered".
Question resolved in the affirmative.
Amendment, as amended, agreed to.
Motion, as amended, agreed to.
PERSONAL EXPLANATION
MR COLLAERY: Mr Speaker, I rise to make a personal explanation.
MR SPEAKER: Does the member claim to have been misrepresented?
MR COLLAERY: Yes, Mr Speaker. It was said, I think, by my friend Mr Kaine that I had implied or said that a Mr Tony Hedley was corrupt. I do not believe the Hansard record will reveal that I said those words, and I wish to make a personal explanation as to my words. I referred to conflict of interest issues and the like, and I did not make the judgment that Mr Tony Hedley was corrupt. That, of course, Mr Speaker, would not be a conclusion I would seek to reach in this house.
AMALGAMATION OF TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS
Withdrawal of Notice
MR HUMPHRIES: Mr Speaker, I withdraw notice No. 1, private members' business, standing in my name.
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