Page 5204 - Week 12 - Thursday, 27 October 2011

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MR ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Mr Hargreaves): I have a discretion in this, I understand, Mr Rattenbury. Leave is granted.

MR RATTENBURY: In his speech Mr Corbell referred to my commentary on the Justice and Community Safety Directorate’s “Guide for Framing Offences” and he suggested, if I understood him correctly, that that only applied to strict liability offences. I quote from the cover page of the web site:

This 2010 Guide for Framing Offences provides information to people who are drafting offences, strict liability offences, setting penalties, creating infringement notices … or creating civil penalties.

In suggesting that it only applied to strict liability offences, if that is what he meant, Minister Corbell misrepresented the document from which I was quoting.

Question put:

That this bill be agreed to in principle.

The Assembly voted—

Question so resolved in the negative.

Chief Minister—tabling of documents

MR SMYTH (Brindabella) (4.47), by leave: I move:

That the ACT Legislative Assembly directs the Chief Minister to table, by 6 p.m. today, all government documents relating to the Government’s calculation of $10 million as the annual cost of the removal of the fee on part payment of motor vehicle registration.

Mr Assistant Speaker, we are less than a year away from the 2012 election and, as all members would know, truth is very important and honesty is very important. Indeed, the ministerial code of conduct says:

The position of a Government Minister is one of trust … Being a Minister demands the highest standards of probity, accountability, honesty, integrity and diligence in the exercise of their public duties and functions.

It goes on to say:

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