Page 556 - Week 02 - Thursday, 25 February 1993
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MS SZUTY (4.37): I wish to respond to several of the accusations that Mr Humphries made during the adjournment debate. I wish to address in particular the debate that we had here on Tuesday evening about the Health Bill 1993 and the Health (Consequential Provisions) Bill 1993. The Liberals were not here in this chamber for that debate. If they had been here, they would have heard me state quite categorically that I had some discomfort about the speed of the passage of these Bills, and I commented in particular that I felt that the Administration and Procedures Committee of this Assembly should look into the matter further. I understand that that will be the case. Mr Humphries might also like to remember that his motion on the general indecent haste with which Bills are presented to this Assembly was supported by me when he raised it in this chamber this week. He seems to have a very selective memory regarding some of the events that occur in this chamber.
For the record, Mr Moore and I have achieved an increase in our staffing allowance. It is something we have been working on for some time. In terms of its equivalence to the staffing allowance which is available to the Liberals, it is still less if you divide the total staffing allowance available to the Liberals by six. If you average - - -
Mr De Domenico: What? You got 61 votes, for heaven's sake.
MADAM SPEAKER: Order!
MS SZUTY: If you average that figure, the Liberals have $68,000 each in staffing allowance, and Mr Moore and I have $63,000. We have stated for some time - - -
Mr Lamont: How many did you get?
Mr De Domenico: Me? I got 990.
MADAM SPEAKER: Order! Ms Szuty has the floor.
MS SZUTY: Thank you, Madam Speaker. We have stated for some time that we were not prepared to extend our responsibilities on committees until that staffing allowance had been secured, and I want to place on the record that that is what occurred.
Croatian Embassy
MRS GRASSBY (4.39): I want to bring to the notice of the Assembly that tomorrow night there will be virtually the opening of a new embassy in Canberra known as the Croatian Embassy. As there are 10,000 Canberrans who have contact with Croatia or have family back in Croatia and were Croatian citizens, I pay tribute to our Prime Minister, who recognised Croatia when they were going through difficult periods. I welcome this new embassy to Canberra.
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