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I would encourage Mr Moore to continue to work through his committee. Maybe he can explore the matter further, based, as it is, on the advice from the department, and carry the debate on.
MRS GRASSBY: I have a supplementary question, Madam Speaker. Is it possible for people to identify this if they have it in their own gardens?
MR WOOD: Madam Speaker, anybody who drives past the slopes of Black Mountain, especially on the freeway, will readily be able to see the wort. It was in flower a week ago when I drove past. The identification will be quite clear to people.
Electoral Legislation
MR HUMPHRIES: Madam Speaker, I refer the Chief Minister to her answer a moment ago concerning the way in which the Senate system compares with the ACT Assembly system as proposed in her fraudulent electoral legislation. She indicated that a certain number of mistakes were acceptable, as in the Senate system; that the systems were comparable. I refer her to page 43 of a document issued in her name this morning, the Electoral (Amendment) Bill 1993 explanatory memorandum, which says:
Second, a ballot paper that has been marked only in the candidate portion of the ballot paper -
that is, below the line -
is informal if it does not show consecutive preferences starting at "1" for as many candidates as there are vacancies in the election, with none of those numbers repeated.
Will the Chief Minister concede that this is not the Senate system and that she has misled the Assembly?
MS FOLLETT: Madam Speaker, no, I have not misled the Assembly.
Mr Kaine: No, she just has not read the Bill.
Mr Cornwell: She does not understand it.
MADAM SPEAKER: Order! You realise that this question is impinging quite close to the line of standing order 117(f) in that we are anticipating debate. I will allow the Chief Minister - - -
Mr Kaine: We are not; we are asking questions.
MADAM SPEAKER: Order!
Mr Humphries: We can suspend standing orders, Madam Speaker.
MADAM SPEAKER: Order! You can do whatever you like. I am just pointing out to you that the Chief Minister may choose to answer this question, and she probably will; but when you formulate your questions you have to keep in mind the provisions of the standing orders.
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