Page 3410 - Week 11 - Tuesday, 14 November 2006
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Mr Mulcahy: Mr Speaker, I raise a point of order under standing order 55. Dr Foskey just made a statement to the Assembly that I was the representative here of the federal government. That is quite improper and inappropriate and I would ask her to withdraw that statement.
MR SPEAKER: I do not know that it is unparliamentary. It would be open to you to correct that after the debate is over by way of a statement pursuant to standing order 46. It is not without precedent in this place for somebody to make an incorrect statement in a speech.
DR FOSKEY: Mr Speaker, I am willing to withdraw it.
MR SPEAKER: Thank you. That resolves the issue but I do not think it is unparliamentary to say those sorts of things. It is open to you to correct at any time what is said.
MR STANHOPE (Ginninderra—Chief Minister, Treasurer, Minister for Business and Economic Development, Minister for Indigenous Affairs and Minister for the Arts) (10.54), in reply: I do not wish to be disorderly at all, Mr Speaker, but I think Mr Mulcahy’s difficulty is determining whether or not he represents the party that he sits with in this place rather than whether or not he represents another government in another place. Perhaps that is a bit inappropriate, but my commiserations, Mr Mulcahy—and I say this genuinely—on your removal from the office of deputy opposition leader. I must say, Mr Mulcahy, that as a person sitting on this side of the chamber, I am not aware of what your sin was.
MR SPEAKER: Order! Chief Minister, relevance, please.
MR STANHOPE: You always seemed to be rather effective in the position, and I commiserate with you today.
MR SPEAKER: Order, Chief Minister!
MR STANHOPE: Thank you, Mr Speaker. I also congratulate the new Deputy Leader of the Opposition in her essential—
MR SPEAKER: There might be plenty of time to do that—perhaps in the adjournment debate—but now we should stick to the issue before us, which is the question that the bill be agreed to in principle.
MR STANHOPE: Thank you, Mr Speaker. I beg your pardon. I just did not wish to appear to be ungracious to the new deputy leader but I think my heart is more with the deposed deputy leader. My apologies, Mrs Burke, for overlooking you; my genuine congratulations.
The Duties Amendment Bill 2006 (No 2) amends the Duties Act 1999. This completes the ACT government’s commitment under the Intergovernmental Agreement on the Reform of Commonwealth-State Financial Relations, the IGA, to review and abolish a range of business taxes. With the passage of this bill, the ACT
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