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very rarely use that power. If that is so, you members can show the same leniency. That is what I am talking about - it means that you are prepared to come some of the way and to be understanding. In your understanding you can expect an appropriate response, and you can be seen by the public - and fortunately this situation has not even hit the media yet - to be attempting to run a responsible and sensible Assembly. You have the opportunity. All you have to do is support this motion - each and every one of you, individually.
I ask each one of you to think about it as an individual. We have heard Mr Collaery's and Mr Humphries' opinions expressed. Perhaps because of their legal backgrounds their opinions are set the way they are. I would ask all the other members to be much more lenient, much more forgiving, and to attempt this. If it does not work, for heaven's sake, you can do the same thing again.
Question put.
The Assembly voted -
AYES, 6 NOES, 10
Mr Berry Mr Collaery
Ms Follett Mr Duby
Mrs Grassby Mr Humphries
Mr Moore Mr Jensen
Mr Whalan Mr Kaine
Mr Wood Dr Kinloch
Ms Maher
Mrs Nolan
Mr Prowse
Mr Stefaniak
Question resolved in the negative.
INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT - COMMONWEALTH-STATE ARRANGEMENTS
Ministerial Statement and Paper
MR KAINE (Chief Minister), by leave: In December 1989 my Government released a business policy which clearly outlined our intention to assist the development of a healthy and aggressive private sector in the ACT. It is our belief that the quality of life of Canberrans will directly depend upon a sustained and responsible growth in the size of the private sector, and the encouragement of an entrepreneurial spirit within our businessmen and women. It is the role of the ACT Government to foster that development.
Our business policy recognises this and points to government action in a wide number of areas, including improving the quality of existing businesses, encouraging the use of emerging technologies, increasing access for
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