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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000 Week 5 Hansard (10 May) . . Page.. 1363 ..
Mr Corbell: Speaking to the point of order, Mr Speaker: the minister has already answered a question in relation to this matter, in relation to Ms Tucker's question. She also referred to proceedings currently before the Assembly committee. If Mr Smyth can answer the previous question, he can answer this one, too.
Mr Moore: No, Mr Speaker missed that one and no point of order was taken.
MR SPEAKER: Just a moment. There is not a point of order. Mr Berry is now referring to the uncorrected proof of yesterday's Hansard; is that correct?
MR BERRY: Yes.
Mr Humphries: No, to the Hansard of the committee.
MR BERRY: No, question time yesterday at page 64. He said:
Mr Speaker, my senior adviser had contact with Mr Gower on Friday night. In fact, I had spoken with him I think Monday morning.
That was said yesterday.
MR SPEAKER: That is true. Proceed.
MR BERRY: Mr Speaker, will the minister now deny that neither he nor his senior adviser or anyone else from his office or department solicited any part of the statement issued by Mr Gower following his appearance at the public hearing on 5 May 2000?
MR SMYTH: Mr Speaker, my senior adviser contacted Mr Gower, as I told the Assembly yesterday, to find out what he had said in the committee hearing because she was not present and had not heard it and we were being asked by the media for comment. Mr Gower advised that he had been misunderstood and that the statements being made by Mr Corbell were not correct, and he issued the statement of his own volition.
MR HIRD: My question is to the Chief Minister, Mrs Carnell, in her capacity as minister for business. Can the Chief Minister tell the parliament what support the ACT government is providing for the development of Canberra's biotechnology industry?
MS CARNELL: I thank Mr Hird for the question. Mr Speaker, I will begin by sharing with members what we mean when we talk about biotechnology, which seems to be somewhat of a buzz word around the world at the moment. Perhaps the best definition I have heard is that biotechnology is the application of techniques that use living organisms to make or modify products, to improve plants and animals, or to develop micro-organisms for specific purposes.
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