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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000 Week 6 Hansard (24 May) . . Page.. 1723 ..
Leave granted.
MR MOORE: Thank you, Mr Quinlan. That does clear the problem for me in respect of paragraph (3).
Question put:
That the amendment (Mr Rugendyke's ) be agreed to.
The Assembly voted-
Ayes, 14 Noes, 1 Mr Berry Mr Kaine Mr Corbell Mr Cornwell Mr Hargreaves Mr Hird Mr Humphries Mr Moore Mr Osborne Mr Quinlan Mr Rugendyke Mr Smyth Mr Stanhope Mr Stefaniak Ms TuckerQuestion so resolved in the affirmative.
MR KAINE (8.15): I seek leave to move an amendment.
Leave granted.
MR KAINE: I move:
Line 3, introductory paragraph, omit all words after "Australians".
I suspect that there is a divided opinion in this place about various elements of Mr Stanhope's motion. Some of us will support some parts of it; others of us will not. I submit that on an issue such as this a vote which divides the Assembly virtually in half is no decision at all. I think there is one element of his motion that we could agree upon. Those are the first words which say, "That this Assembly reaffirms its support for the ongoing reconciliation process between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians." It is the words that follow that will divide this place on the issue.
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