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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000 Week 11 Hansard (29 November) . . Page.. 3390 ..


PERSONAL EXPLANATION

MR CORBELL: Mr Speaker, I seek leave to make a personal explanation under standing order 46.

MR SPEAKER: Leave granted.

MR CORBELL: Thank you, Mr Speaker. First of all, the minister has just indicated that I failed to mention the date of the document I quoted from. That is incorrect. I can clarify that by simply reading the question again. It was a supplementary question and it read:

If there was no intention to infill this land, can the minister explain why correspondence from his own department, dated 26 May 2000, to Infrastructure and Asset Management states ...

So I did state the date. Further, Mr Speaker, yesterday in question time Mr Smyth levelled some allegations against me that I was misrepresenting the issue of broadacre land use at Curtin through a photograph taken and published in the Canberra Times on Monday of me standing under a large stand of trees-not very nice trees-with a resident of Curtin discussing a rally held to oppose development of the horse paddocks at Curtin.

Mr Speaker, the allegation from the government was that because I was standing on a piece of land that was urban open space, not the Curtin horse paddocks, I was misleading people. I would like to clarify to the Assembly that, unlike the government, which did not send anyone to speak at that rally, I did attend that rally. The rally was organised by a group of Curtin residents. I was invited to attend and the photograph was taken where the rally was held, an area immediately adjacent to the horse paddocks. I cannot control where a rally is held, but I am very happy to speak at one, unlike the government.

PRESENTATION OF PAPERS

Papers and Statement by Minister

MR HUMPHRIES (Chief Minister, Minister for Community Affairs, Attorney-General and Treasurer): Mr Speaker, for the information of members, I present the following papers:

Remuneration Tribunal Act, pursuant to section 12-Determination No 68, together with a statement, for full-time holders of public offices, dated 20 September 2000.

Public Sector Management Act, pursuant to sections 31A and 79-Copies of executive contracts or instruments -

Long term contracts:

Howard Ronaldson, dated 10 October 2000.

James Coleborne, dated 21 November 2000.

Roger Broughton, dated 21 November 2000.

John Thwaite, dated 4 October 2000.

Joanna Holt, dated 4 October 2000.

Irene McKinnon, dated 7 September 2000.

Bronwen Overton-Clarke, dated 3 October 2000.


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