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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2001 Week 7 Hansard (21 June) . . Page.. 2378 ..

MR SMYTH (continuing):

a longstanding convention. They rail so strongly against the blocking of supply in 1975. They rail against that. "Remember what happened in 1975? Shame," but they now break that convention yet again.

The convention is that governments live and die with their budgets. You get your budget or you do not. I think all of us recognise that. Those of us who choose not to recognise that, well that suits their political purpose, and when it suits their political purpose, everything goes out the window.

We are going to get to Mr Berry's amendments now. What do Mr Berry's amendments mean? They mean 16,500 school students do not get free travel. They mean that the free travel of 1,300 school students who already receive it will be placed in jeopardy. They mean that the purchase of 19 CNG buses will not go ahead. They mean that the reduction in congestion at school early in the morning when we have to deliver our kids will not be eased, and they mean that-

MR SPEAKER: Enough is enough. You had two periods-

MR SMYTH: I am just about to finish, Mr Speaker. And they mean that, yet again, a convention is thrown out the window by the Labor Party.

MR SPEAKER: I do not wish to grant extensions on these things. Members have 20 minutes. If they cannot structure their speeches to fit that allowance, then they had better give it away.

MR SMYTH: No. Ministers have the right to speak longer.

Mr Berry: No, they do not.

MR SMYTH: They do and you know it.

Mr Berry: The minister in control does, and you are not him.

Question put:

That Mr Berry's amendments be agreed to.

The Assembly voted-

	Ayes 6  			Noes 11

 Mr Berry  	Mr Wood  	Mrs Burke  	Mr Osborne
 Mr Corbell    			Mr Cornwell  	Mr Rugendyke
 Mr Hargreaves    		Mr Hird  	Mr Smyth
 Mr Quinlan    			Mr Humphries  	Mr Stefaniak
 Mr Stanhope    		Mr Kaine  	Ms Tucker        
				Mr Moore

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