Page 517 - Week 04 - Wednesday, 28 June 1989

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as penalties, in a filter committee without taking the time on the floor of this house.

MR SPEAKER: I would like to draw members' attention to Mr Collaery's diversion. Really his speech in this matter was not relevant. He should have sought the leave of the Assembly to make such an important speech, but it was hardly relevant to the clause being debated.

Amendment agreed to.

Clause, as amended, agreed to.

Remainder of Bill, by leave, taken as a whole, and agreed to.

Bill agreed to.

STANDING ORDERS

MR SPEAKER: I wish to make a statement with respect to standing orders and their amendment. A loose-leaf summary of such amendments was circulated to all members. However, I acknowledge that some members may not have these to hand at this time. Therefore I have requested that all members be reissued with this detail immediately. Further, I hereby inform members that a reprint of standing orders has been undertaken, and I believe that this will be issued within the week.

ADJOURNMENT

Motion (by Mr Whalan) proposed:

That the Assembly do now adjourn.

ACT Cancer Society

MR MOORE (4.18): A comment was made earlier during question time by Mr Berry that suggested that I was chasing cheap headlines at the expense of the ACT Cancer Society. In fact, I think the headlines that came out of that were really reflecting a problem with Mr Berry's response to a crisis situation where people in a very, very stressful situation were being interviewed outside of a building. Their needs were very urgent, and I sought that this matter be handled urgently.

The very bureaucratic statement that was given by the Minister later did not really make me feel much easier when I was told that 37 people were all looking for the same sorts of things. What we know about cancer is that it is


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