Page 3735 - Week 13 - Wednesday, 17 October 1990
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PRIVATE MEMBERS' BUSINESS - ORDER
Statement by Speaker
MR SPEAKER: I would like to make a statement at this stage. It has been put to me that not all members received advice of the order of private members' business prior to the issue of the notice paper on Wednesday morning. I will ensure that in future independent members and all party groupings are supplied with a copy of the order of business as soon as the decision is taken by the Administration and Procedures Committee. It may be preferable, and to the benefit of all members, if private members' business is called on a Wednesday afternoon or a Thursday morning, and I will be putting that proposition to the Administration and Procedures Committee.
PAPERS
MR COLLAERY (Attorney-General): Mr Speaker, pursuant to section 35, subparagraph (2) of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Act 1983, I table for the information of members the following paper:
Criminal Injuries Compensation Act - Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme - Report for 1989-90.
Mr Speaker, I also table the following paper:
Civic Swimming Facilities Study, prepared by G. Prosser, dated October 1989.
PRIVILEGE
Statement by Speaker
MR SPEAKER: On 27 September, the Chairman of the Planning, Development and Infrastructure Committee, Mr Jensen, and Mrs Nolan, each gave written notice of a possible breach of privilege concerning the unauthorised release of a draft report of the Standing Committee on Planning, Development and Infrastructure. Both a photocopy of the newspaper article headed, "$1.5m slug revealed to enforce Canberra's no-front-fence policy", and a copy of the Canberra Times newspaper for that day have been attached to the letters.
Under the provisions of standing order 71, I must determine whether or not the matter merits precedence over other business. If, in my opinion, the matter does merit precedence, I must inform the Assembly of the decision, and the member who raised the matter - in this case, either of the members who raised the matter - may then move a motion without notice forthwith to refer the matter to the Standing Committee on Administration and Procedures.
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