Page 3199 - Week 10 - Thursday, 15 August 2013
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actually saw Simon going up and asking for more, and said, “If he can have some, it must be in the agreement somewhere. I agree that I get some more money.” And when Shane agrees with himself, he gets what he wants, because he has got the government by the begging cup.
When you have got the begging cup and your name is Shane, you can have everything from a train set—and he will get the train set in the end. The kids will be fighting. You will have to watch out, Katy. The kids will be fighting under the Christmas tree at the end of the year for their cut. Of course Education only came in at $300,000 this year.
Mr Coe: Is the artful dodger in here somewhere?
MR SMYTH: I looked for the artful dodger, but if you start looking, where do you stop? The Treasurer’s advance is, of course, useful. It is there for urgent and unforeseen—
Ms Gallagher: One night with Brendan Smyth!
MR SMYTH: You will have to speak up and interject louder if you want a comeback. It will have to be much funnier than that.
MR ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Mr Doszpot): Mr Smyth, could you please resume your seat for a second. Can we stop the clock? Members, we are reaching the end of a fairly hectic number of sitting days. Let us try and get a bit of decorum into the final few minutes of this. Mr Smyth, please resume.
MR SMYTH: Thank you, Mr Assistant Speaker. The Treasurer’s advance is important. It is for urgent and unforeseen matters. But what we see are payments that the government comes back regularly for, almost year on year. Perhaps as we progress down to the 0.5 of one per cent, which I am sure will happen—next year it will probably just be down to 0.6, when they are desperate for a few more bob, and Andrew shuts the door on all the begging and blocks his ears and goes, “Blah, blah, blah.” With that, we will support the Treasurer’s advance.
Proposed expenditure agreed to.
Proposed expenditure—total appropriations—$2,589,298,000 (net cost of outputs), $1,059,848,000 (capital injection) and $538,179,000 (payments on behalf of Territory), totalling $4,187,325,000.
MR BARR (Molonglo—Deputy Chief Minister, Treasurer, Minister for Economic Development, Minister for Sport and Recreation, Minister for Tourism and Events and Minister for Community Services) (9.07): I think we can say at this point that the government has accepted Dr Bourke and Mr Gentleman’s recommendation 7—that the Appropriation Bill 2013-14 be passed.
MR SMYTH (Brindabella) (9.07): Of course, Mr Assistant Speaker, that was not Mr Gentleman’s position in the estimates committee. Mr Gentleman had his chance to
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