Page 1179 - Week 04 - Thursday, 21 April 1994
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Mr Lamont: How do you know this?
MR STEVENSON: Mr Lamont asks how I can know this. The particular brothel, et cetera, used to be in my police division in Sydney. Apart from that, everybody and his uncle knows that a brothel was operating out of that business.
Mr Lamont: Madam Speaker, I need to rise to a point of order. The question of - - -
MR STEVENSON: Relevance or brevity?
Mr Lamont: Either will do me. I suggest that the question needs to be relevant and it needs to be in a fairly concise form. At the moment it is neither of those.
MADAM SPEAKER: Mr Stevenson, you were directed to finish your question, to focus it and make it relevant. Would you please do so.
MR STEVENSON: Even the State Bank knew whom they were dealing with. I raise this matter on behalf of all Canberrans, as we bank with the State Bank of New South Wales, there are many people who bank with the State Bank of New South Wales in Canberra, and there are many shareholders. I am concerned that over a considerable period of time nothing has been done by this Assembly to look at the detailed matters that I have raised and do not have time to raise again in this question.
Mr Connolly: On a point of order: This is a matter of public importance speech, not a question. It has ended with no question.
MR STEVENSON: What action has been taken? That is the question.
Mr Lamont: About what - a brothel in Goulburn Street?
MR STEVENSON: You did not want me to mention the details again, but I have already mentioned them.
MADAM SPEAKER: Order! The Chief Minister is going to endeavour to answer the question - whatever it was.
MS FOLLETT: I am not actually, Madam Speaker. If that was a question, I am an Independent, I am afraid. There was no question that I could discern involved in that long diatribe of Mr Stevenson's. I would suggest that if he does have a serious question along these lines he perhaps consider putting it on notice. That will allow him to actually get to the point without having to waste the time of the rest of the Assembly in listening to what was a fairly pointless dissertation.
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