Page 463 - Week 02 - Thursday, 22 February 1990
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Mr Speaker, there is one further point I wish to make in tabling these draft Bills, and that is to acknowledge the work on the planning system which commenced under the previous Government, including its discussion paper on these issues. We recognise the value of that initial work and we commend them for their effort. Now that my Government has tabled the draft Planning Bill and the draft Heritage Bill, I invite the Opposition, which is sadly depleted with only one member currently present, to participate fully in the consultation process - - -
Mr Berry: I raise a point of order, Mr Speaker. Mr Kaine sought leave to make a statement, but he is using the opportunity to take cheap shots at members of the Opposition. He would not have had - - -
Mr Humphries: You do it all the time.
MR SPEAKER: Order! Are you making a statement or raising a point of order, Mr Berry? What is your point of order?
Mr Berry: The point of order is that Mr Kaine should stick to the statement that he sought leave to make rather than take the opportunity to make cheap shots.
MR SPEAKER: Thank you for that. Please proceed, Mr Kaine.
MR KAINE: It is interesting that Mr Berry is so sensitive about the fact that nobody opposite was here to listen to my speech.
Mr Berry: I raised the point of order earlier, Mr Speaker, and I would ask you to keep the discussion to the point.
MR SPEAKER: Thank you, Mr Berry. Please keep to the point, Mr Kaine.
MR KAINE: Mr Speaker, now that my Government has tabled the draft Planning Bill and the draft Heritage Bill, whether members of the Opposition want to listen or not, I invite them to participate fully in the consultation process and to join with us in ensuring that the planning system guarantees the economic, social and environmental well-being of the ACT. I present the following papers:
Draft legislation -
Heritage Bill 1990.
Planning Bill 1990.
Planning and associated land use legislation: Explanatory statement.
WEAPONS BILL 1990
MR COLLAERY (Attorney-General) (11.43): I present the Weapons Bill 1990. I move:
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