Page 743 - Week 05 - Wednesday, 5 July 1989
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acknowledged as an integral part of the organisation, not as a mere adjunct to it. I certainly contrast it with what I understand to be the role of the Young Labor movement in that respect.
The Young Liberal movement has two representatives on the federal executive of the Liberal Party, and indeed the organisation has played a key role by providing the membership of many parliaments around the country. Messrs Peacock and Howard have both been members of the Young Liberal movement at one time, indeed office holders in it, as has Mr Peter Shack who is now the federal patron of the movement. I believe that our own Senator Margaret Reid was someone of note in the Young Liberal movement of South Australia in years past. I do not know whether any of my colleagues sitting next to me and behind me have been Young Liberals at various times, but I suspect - - -
Mr Kaine: I was always too old to be a member.
MR HUMPHRIES: Yes, I was about to say I suspect that when Mr Kaine was young there were not any Young Liberals. It could have been the young free traders or something of that kind; I do not know.
Mr Speaker, the Young Liberals have always been the conscience of the Liberal Party; they have been at the vanguard of Liberal thought. It has also been a training ground for leadership in the party. I know that five Young Liberals currently sit, for example, in the New South Wales Parliament, and I am sure that many, many more people of quality will come forward from that organisation. As I bid adieu to it, I pay tribute to it and hope that it continues to play the important role it has in the past.
Public Gallery
MR MOORE (4.53): Mr Speaker, I would just like to draw the attention of the Assembly to the fact that at question time the public gallery was full and there were numbers of people outside. I wonder if we need as many advisers in the advisers' seats and so forth as we have at question time at the moment. The Residents Rally has a policy of having one person in the gallery. If, without anything formal, other parties could look at that situation, we might not have a situation where people have to wait outside at question time.
MR SPEAKER: I will take this opportunity to remind members that tomorrow at question time videotaping without sound recording will occur during question time. This will be a staged performance. However, the point I make is that the questions will not be sound recorded, so please do not waste your time dreaming up your best efforts. What we are trying to do is achieve video recording for future reference, so if you wish to wear a carnation behind your
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