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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 7 Hansard (26 June) . . Page.. 2217 ..

MR CORBELL: Mr Speaker, thank you for that ruling.

Mr Whitecross: You misled the house again.

Mr Berry: You misled the house again.

Mr Humphries: Mr Speaker, both Mr Berry and Mr Whitecross have again said that I have misled the house, and again they should be asked to withdraw.

Mr Whitecross: Mr Speaker, I confirm that I did say that Mr Humphries had misled the house again, and I withdraw.

MR SPEAKER: Thank you. Mr Berry?

Mr Berry: I said that Mr Humphries had misled the house, on the evidence that was presented in the Assembly, but I withdraw for the purposes of - - -

MR SPEAKER: Let us get on with the business of the house.

MR CORBELL: Mr Speaker, the Government is seeking to justify its position on this issue by saying that, because it believes the Labor Party would have done so if we were in office, then it is okay if they do so. He is predicating his actions on a hypothetical future which never occurred. He has such a lack of confidence in his own position and judgment that he seeks to justify his decision on fees by creating an imaginary world which only he can see. Quite clearly, it is absurd to justify a Government decision on some hypothetical future, a future which never occurred. The Minister should have the courage to justify his decision on the situation now, not on some past or future which never occurred.

Mr Speaker, I would also like to address the issue of the Government being prepared to put forward a compromise which suggests a lowering of the cost of an annual pass for visitors in a car and the provision of other facilities for children.

Mr Berry: Your boss misled the Assembly.

Mr Humphries: Mr Speaker, I rise on a point of order once more. I have to make a very serious protest about this. Mr Berry, again across the chamber has made reference to me misleading the house. It goes beyond simply repeating - - -

Mr Berry: No, I did not.

MR SPEAKER: I will name the next person - - -

Mr Berry: He is oversensitive. Mr Speaker, I did not say - - -

Mr Humphries: He did, Mr Speaker.

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