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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 2 Hansard (27 February) . . Page.. 511 ..

Thursday, 27 February 1997

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MR SPEAKER (Mr Cornwell) took the chair at 10.30 am and asked members to stand in silence and pray or reflect on their responsibilities to the people of the Australian Capital Territory.

LEAVE OF ABSENCE TO MEMBERS

Motion (by Mr Humphries) agreed to:

That leave of absence from 28 February to 7 April 1997 inclusive be given to all members.

PRIVATE MEMBERS BUSINESS - PRECEDENCE

MR BERRY: Mr Speaker, I seek leave to move a motion to bring on private members business, order of the day No. 29, forthwith.

MR SPEAKER: Is leave granted?

Mr Humphries: Have you all been briefed on the legal advice?

Mr Berry: No; I am not going to cop that stuff. We will just debate it if you want to throw the legal advice into the debate.

Mr Humphries: We want to make sure that everyone has had time to look at the legal advice before we go into a debate.

Mr Berry: My office has.

Mr Humphries: In that case, we refuse leave.

Leave not granted.

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