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are already in existence in the ACT. I recommend that members acquaint themselves with those. I thank members for their participation in this debate and I commend the motion to the Assembly.
Motion agreed to.
Road Transport (Alcohol and Drugs) (Random Drug Testing) Amendment Bill 2009
Debate resumed from 9 December 2009, on motion by Mr Hanson:
That this bill be agreed to in principle.
Motion (by Mr Hargreaves) proposed:
That debate be adjourned.
Suspension of standing and temporary orders
MR HANSON (Molonglo) (3.51): I move:
That so much of the standing and temporary orders be suspended as would prevent debate on the motion to adjourn debate being debated.
Mr Rattenbury: On a point of order, Madam Assistant Speaker, I think we have to take Mr Hargreaves’s motion first; then Mr Hanson has to seek a suspension.
MADAM ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Ms Le Couteur): Excuse me for a minute, members. The Clerk needs to advise me as to which way we go next. Mr Hanson, I am advised that your motion to suspend standing orders is the one that we should be debating now.
Mr Corbell: On a point of order, I have not quite followed, Madam Assistant Speaker. Mr Hargreaves has moved to have the debate adjourned. Have you put the question in relation to that?
MADAM ASSISTANT SPEAKER: No. My advice from the Clerk is that the only time really that the suspension of standing orders makes sense is before the vote has actually happened.
Mr Corbell: I see. Thank you, Madam Assistant Speaker.
MADAM ASSISTANT SPEAKER: Therefore it goes first; otherwise it just does not make sense.
MR HANSON: I think it is important that we at least debate why we are not going to be debating this bill that is on the table today. I do understand that the Greens and Labor will be adjourning the bill and that it is a fait accompli. But I think it is important to have this debate. It is out there in the community. People were expecting
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