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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 9 Hansard (4 September) . . Page.. 2932 ..
Statement by Member
MR OSBORNE: Mr Speaker, I seek leave to make a short statement regarding a question I asked of Mr Humphries earlier this week in the Assembly.
MR SPEAKER: Under standing order 46 or - - -
MR OSBORNE: No; it is not a personal explanation, Mr Speaker.
MR SPEAKER: You want to make a statement.
Leave granted.
MR OSBORNE: As you are aware, Mr Speaker, I asked the Attorney-General a question in relation to a matter handled by the Law Society about a person who was not named after being found guilty of a number of allegations. Mr Speaker, I am aware of who this person is. I considered naming this person in the Assembly this week. However, I like to think that I am a fair person; so I contacted this unnamed person and said to them that I was considering naming them in the Assembly, but I was prepared to give them the opportunity to convince me not to and to convince me why they should be treated differently from any other members of the public, like the police, for example, or any one of us.
Mr Speaker, this person has chosen not yet to take up my offer and in a roundabout way has threatened or raised the issue of legal action, trying to hide behind the Legal Practitioners Act. However, my advice is that I certainly have the right under privilege to say what I like here on the floor of the Assembly. I would encourage this person to take up my offer to come and speak to me and, as I have said, talk me out of naming them and tell me why they should be treated any differently from any other member of the public.
Fleet Leasing Arrangements : Public Interest Disclosures -
Lease Variation Charges and Corrective Services
MR SPEAKER: I present, for the information of members and pursuant to the Auditor-General Act 1996, two Auditor-General's reports: No. 9 of 1997, "Fleet Leasing Arrangements"; and No. 10 of 1997, "Public Interest Disclosures - Lease Variation Charges and Corrective Services".
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