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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000 Week 7 Hansard (28 June) . . Page.. 2176 ..
Mr Humphries
: No. Mr Speaker, "misappropriation" implies theft of money. That is what misappropriation is. It was not that. You might call it other things, but it was not that, Mr Speaker. I think that should be withdrawn.MR SPEAKER
: Yes. Thank you.MR BERRY
: Mr Speaker, may I clarify it a bit? It was an unlawful removal of money from there over to here, and that is what I would say a misappropriation is. It is an unlawful removal of money from there and putting it here. Mr Speaker, whatever. I surrender-wrestled to the ground.MR SPEAKER
: As long as you withdraw "misappropriation" you will be right.MR BERRY
: I will withdraw "misappropriation", although I have used it before and it seemed okay.MR SPEAKER
: Not in this context.MR BERRY
: I think I have used it here.MR SPEAKER
: You may have, but you have not used it in this context and it is objected to.MR BERRY
: Okay. Unlawful or illegal. The consequences are the same in the end if it ends up being declared a criminal offence. You end up peering between columns of steel.Mr Humphries
: But it was not a criminal offence.MR BERRY
: We can soon fix that if you would like us to, if that would sort of prevent if from happening.Mr Humphries
: Retrospectively fix it. Why not?MR BERRY
: I do not know about retrospectivity.MR SPEAKER
: I do not want to get into a word game here. Can you get on with the budget, please?MR BERRY
: No, I don't think we would even do that. Not even for you, Gary.Mr Humphries
: I don't think you would either, Wayne.MR BERRY
: No, not even for you, Rosebud. Sorry about that. Mr Speaker, the point I am trying to get to here, rather tortuously I admit, is this: what has happened to all of the other issues that the Auditor-General might deal with in the scheme of things insofar as this budget is concerned? Do they get put aside? I suspect that many of them do. I suspect that many of them do get put aside because this becomes a priority for the Auditor-General. It has been hanging around for some time and I just wonder whether, at the end of the day, the territory gets good service out of the Auditor-General when he is so distracted by this extraordinary event. Mr Speaker, that is a distraction for the
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