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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 1 Hansard (19 February) . . Page.. 128 ..

MRS CARNELL (continuing):

to Rugby League Park and to the Gungahlin club site, both of which, I would suggest, they would not be making if they did not have every intention to stay right here in Canberra. With regard to those particular things, I think you will find that they have made real commitments to Rugby League Park and to Gungahlin at this stage. With regard to the Brumbies, the Brumbies have now registered in the ACT as a business and a company, which we are very pleased has occurred.

Mr Berry: Still no signatures, but.

MRS CARNELL: Those are all signatures.

MR STEFANIAK: On that matter, I think you said "long term", Mr Corbell. The Brumbies and the Cosmos both have a short-term one-year contract in relation to the stadium. The Chief Minister and I have probably said ample about the commitment of all three of those teams to Canberra, and I think that should satisfy your concerns.

MR WHITECROSS (Leader of the Opposition): I seek leave to make a personal explanation under standing order 46.

MR SPEAKER: Proceed.

Mrs Carnell: You should put it on the daily program.

MR WHITECROSS: If you want to misrepresent people, Mrs Carnell, then this will happen, will it not? In answering a question by Mrs Littlewood earlier this afternoon, Mrs Carnell incorrectly claimed that I had made some unjustified attacks on the November financial statements without any evidence to back up my position or any basis in fact. Without entering into a full debate on all the nonsense, and just focusing on the misrepresentation, I seek leave to table two documents which will illustrate that my criticism did have a basis. One is a document which contains a litany of caveats, qualifications and apologies within the financial statements. It contains statements like, "The Department has not yet established an accrual system to account for the revenue and expenses from schools", "not properly incorporating seasonal influences", "non-inclusion in the year to date result" - - -

Mrs Carnell: On a point of order, Mr Speaker: I did not actually mention any of those things in my answer.

MR WHITECROSS: No; because they did not suit your argument.

Mrs Carnell: No; I mentioned specific things like payroll tax.

MR SPEAKER: Order! I am waiting for the second example. You have given one example. You said you wanted to table two documents.

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