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APPROPRIATION BILL 1991-92

[COGNATE PAPERS:

NEW CAPITAL WORKS PROGRAM 1991-92 - REPORT OF STANDING

COMMITTEE ON PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE -

GOVERNMENT RESPONSE

ESTIMATES - SELECT COMMITTEE - REPORT ON THE

APPROPRIATION BILL 1991-92 - GOVERNMENT RESPONSE]

Detail Stage

Consideration resumed from 19 September 1991.

MR DEPUTY SPEAKER: Members, we are circulating an order of procedure for you to go through. I understand that it is the wish of the Assembly to debate this order of the day concurrently with order of the day No. 2, Planning, Development and Infrastructure - Standing Committee - Report - New Capital Works Program - Government Response - Ministerial Statement, and order of the day No. 3, Estimates - Select Committee - Appropriation Bill 1991-92 - Government Response - Ministerial Statement. There being no objection, that course will be followed. I remind members that in debating Executive business order of the day No. 1 they may also address their remarks to orders of the day Nos 2 and 3.

Standing order 180 sets down the order in which this Bill will be considered. That is, in the detail stage, the schedule must be considered before the clauses and, unless the Assembly otherwise orders, the schedule will be considered by proposed expenditure in the order shown.

Schedule - Part II

ACT Legislative Assembly

Proposed expenditure - Division 10 - ACT Legislative Assembly, $3,808,300

MR COLLAERY (4.40): I appreciate the support from the Clerk in this difficult annual exercise and I appreciate the patience of members. Mr Deputy Speaker, I want to address the Legislative Assembly funding on one or two fronts. I recognise that expenditure on politicians is not popular. I want to direct my remarks more to those in this building who are non-politicians.

I have made it clear to the Speaker in a note to him that I am very concerned about the security in the building, as is my colleague Mr Kaine. Mr Kaine made some public remarks not long ago. There are unfortunate people in the community who have obsessional tendencies, and history shows that every parliament in this country requires security. In the chamber security is provided by our


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