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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 14 Hansard (10 December) . . Page.. 4822 ..

MRS CARNELL (continuing):

Of course, Mr Speaker, that would be the only moral approach that anybody in the sort of position that Mr Hawke is in would take. I am confident that everybody in this house, if they found they had profited from a deal that turned out to be fraudulent, would undertake to pay the money back. I would be very pleased if Mr Hawke would take that sort of moral approach. As Mr Hawke was a Labor Prime Minister, I would also be pleased if Mr Berry, as a fellow Labor member, would join with me in asking Mr Hawke to pay that money back. Mr Speaker, I am sure that Mr Berry would not accept a situation where - - -

Mr Osborne: Co-sign the letter.

MRS CARNELL: I think we should co-sign the letter. I think that somebody of Mr Hawke's financial background and political background would accept that a letter signed jointly by the Leader of the Opposition, the Labor leader in the ACT, and by me would need to be responded to.

MR WHITECROSS: My question is to the Attorney-General and our Minister for Emergency Services. Minister, can you outline the guidelines which apply to Emergency Services personnel such as ambulance officers and Fire Brigade officers attending the scene of a motor vehicle accident, in relation to what advice they can give to persons involved in the accident and witnesses to the accident? In particular, are Emergency Services personnel allowed to advise people on whether they should stay at the scene of the accident or not? What advice can they give and in what circumstances?

MR HUMPHRIES: Mr Speaker, what we clearly have here is another low and grubby attempt by those opposite, for whom no piece of dirt, no piece of mud, is too dirty to pick up and hurl - - -

Mr Berry: Mr Speaker, I raise a point of order. Mr Humphries was not asked for a description of the question. He was asked to answer a question.

MR HUMPHRIES: Mr Speaker, for those opposite to ask questions of that kind indicates very clearly their complete contempt for the decency and fairness which this process demands. Obviously, the kangaroo court of Labor has already decided what it thinks about the circumstances of the Chief Minister's unfortunate accident on Sunday. Under the guise of asking questions they are prepared to condemn her and to make accusations about what is supposed to have occurred.

Mr Berry: Mr Speaker, a question that was rather specific in its terms was put to the Deputy Chief Minister. Mr Humphries may have a view about the question, but it would seem more appropriate in terms of the standing orders if Mr Humphries could be directed to answer the question.

MR SPEAKER: He can certainly answer questions relating to his portfolio, but of course that applies only to the ACT.

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