Ms CARNEY - 2006-02-14
I ask, in the first instance, could she be honest, just for a moment.
Ms MARTIN: A point of order, Madam Speaker!
Madam SPEAKER: Leader of the Opposition, withdraw those comments.
Ms CARNEY: I will withdraw that, Madam Speaker.
Is it not the case, and will you admit, that debt in the Northern Territory is at unprecedented levels, and that your aborted attempts to sell the TIO was an attempt - a desperate attempt at that - to grab some cash? Is it not also the case, that your Treasurer - that bloke on your right - has publicly admitted that the budget will remain in deficit until 2008-09, with the budget deficit ballooning to over $4bn?
Ms Martin: What is the question, Madam Speaker?
Members interjecting.
Madam SPEAKER: Order, government members!
Ms CARNEY: Chief Minister, you have lied to Territorians ...
Ms MARTIN: A point of order, Madam Speaker!
Members interjecting.
Madam SPEAKER: Leader of the Opposition, you will withdraw.
Ms CARNEY: Madam Speaker, I move that so much of standing orders be suspended as would prevent this House from censuring the government for:
Madam SPEAKER: Leader of the Opposition, can we just find out whether the Leader of Government Business is going to accept the censure motion. While that is happening, I would like the cameras to stop filming at this point.
Mr HENDERSON (Leader of Government Business): Madam Speaker, because this is a censure motion, we look forward to participating in the debate because, to try to run a conspiracy theory about numbers that are in the budget papers - bring it on. We will take this censure motion on, and look forward to putting the arguments against the opposition because, really, they are clutching at straws.
[Editor’s Note: Question Time ceased due to the moving of a censure motion.]
Ms MARTIN: A point of order, Madam Speaker!
Madam SPEAKER: Leader of the Opposition, withdraw those comments.
Ms CARNEY: I will withdraw that, Madam Speaker.
Is it not the case, and will you admit, that debt in the Northern Territory is at unprecedented levels, and that your aborted attempts to sell the TIO was an attempt - a desperate attempt at that - to grab some cash? Is it not also the case, that your Treasurer - that bloke on your right - has publicly admitted that the budget will remain in deficit until 2008-09, with the budget deficit ballooning to over $4bn?
Ms Martin: What is the question, Madam Speaker?
Members interjecting.
Madam SPEAKER: Order, government members!
Ms CARNEY: Chief Minister, you have lied to Territorians ...
Ms MARTIN: A point of order, Madam Speaker!
Members interjecting.
Madam SPEAKER: Leader of the Opposition, you will withdraw.
Ms CARNEY: Madam Speaker, I move that so much of standing orders be suspended as would prevent this House from censuring the government for:
- (1) its chronic mismanagement of the Territory’s budget and finances in times of plenty,
- (2) irresponsibly amplifying an economic …
Madam SPEAKER: Leader of the Opposition, can we just find out whether the Leader of Government Business is going to accept the censure motion. While that is happening, I would like the cameras to stop filming at this point.
Mr HENDERSON (Leader of Government Business): Madam Speaker, because this is a censure motion, we look forward to participating in the debate because, to try to run a conspiracy theory about numbers that are in the budget papers - bring it on. We will take this censure motion on, and look forward to putting the arguments against the opposition because, really, they are clutching at straws.
[Editor’s Note: Question Time ceased due to the moving of a censure motion.]
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