Page 5077 - Week 17 - Wednesday, 12 December 1990
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The Summernats is different. The level of noise, the continuation of it all night and the disturbing nature of some of that noise, combined with the other behavioural aspects, and the quite clear-cut flouting of the law by some of the people involved, change the whole nature of that function. So I welcome the Government's apparent attempts to keep it under control. Whether it is worthwhile the community putting those kinds of resources into it, I think, is a matter we need to weigh up and, as I say, I would welcome the opportunity to be involved in that.
Amendment agreed to.
Motion, as amended, agreed to.
PERSONAL EXPLANATION
MR COLLAERY (Attorney-General): Mr Speaker, pursuant to standing order 47, I seek leave to make a very brief personal statement.
MR SPEAKER: Personal statements are under standing order 46, I believe. Please proceed.
MR COLLAERY: Standing order 46 then, Mr Speaker. Mr Speaker, earlier in debate I - - -
Mr Stevenson: Mr Speaker, on a point of order: did Mr Collaery get leave from the Assembly?
MR SPEAKER: He got leave from me. Please proceed, Mr Collaery.
MR COLLAERY: Mr Speaker, briefly, earlier in debate I said that the Leader of the Opposition had not approached my office or, to the best of my knowledge, other offices of the Government, except during the past 24 hours. Whilst I am correct in relation to my office, inquiries of our personal staff elsewhere on the fifth floor reveal that some two weeks ago there was a contact from a staffer, whom I presume to be on Ms Follett's staff, to staff of Mr Duby's office. That contact was, of course, in relation to the Lakes (Amendment) Bill. It was probably not known to the Leader of the Opposition that as Attorney I was speaking on and handling the issue, due to the legal problems.
Mr Speaker, firstly, I say that I have been misrepresented, as there were not numerous approaches to me. Secondly, I apologise to the house to the extent that I indicated that Ms Follett had not approached this Government, except within the last 24 hours. I now acknowledge that two weeks ago there was an approach by Michael Deegan to a member of Mr Duby's staff.
Sitting suspended from 12.30 to 2.30 pm
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