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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1996 Week 8 Hansard (27 June) . . Page.. 2440 ..

MS McRAE (12.33 am): As Mr Moore said, if ever we needed proof that this Government had absolutely no faith in its legislation it is this little stunt we have seen now - pulling in an amendment at the last minute. The light went on. "My golly", they said, "the Greens are with us. Now what are we going to do?". I am amazed that the sunset clause is for two years. Why did you not make it for six months and get rid of it entirely?

Mr Osborne: "Oh, no, we fooled them. What are we going to do, Kate? We fooled them".

MR SPEAKER: Order, Mr Osborne!

MS McRAE: What absolute nonsense. Who on earth are you trying to kid?

Mr Moore: "We never believed anybody would come with us, but they did. Aargh!".

MR SPEAKER: Order! Otherwise you will not have a sunset; you will have a sunrise very shortly.

MS McRAE: Now they do not know what to do. First of all they try to send it off to a committee, but they did not even consult with the chair of the committee, or the deputy chair of the committee.

Mr Osborne: Hoo, hoo, hoo.

Mr Humphries: It is like feeding time at the zoo here.

MR SPEAKER: Mr Osborne, your efforts to be thrown out so you can go home will fail miserably.

Mr Moore: Mr Speaker, now is a good time to throw him out.

Mr Osborne: Throw me out now.

MR SPEAKER: You are staying here along with the rest of us.

MS McRAE: Just look at the twisting and turning. "We discover a sunset clause. We discover a committee. We discover anything we can to get us off this". Then, what is more, "We are going to mess about with the market. We are going to mess about with consumers' rights". This is just to wake you up, Mrs Carnell.

Mr Humphries: You are waking up the people in Reid, Ms McRae.

Mr Osborne: This is like a script from Get Smart.

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