Page 845 - Week 06 - Tuesday, 25 July 1989
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There have been some preliminary negotiations about baseball, but I am not quite sure how far they have gone. I am satisfied that there will be plenty of opportunity for various football codes to play there, and there will be enthusiasm on their part to play.
PERSONAL EXPLANATIONS
MR KAINE (Leader of the Opposition): Having been misrepresented, I seek leave to make a personal explanation.
MR SPEAKER: Proceed, Mr Kaine.
MR KAINE: I refer to a question asked during question time, Mr Speaker, when the leader of the Residents Rally stated bluntly that there had been some kind of conspiracy between me and the Deputy Chief Minister over meeting times of this Assembly. Mr Speaker, Mr Collaery has a propensity for making remarks like this, imputing ulterior and base motives to others, and very often, as in this case, it is his own fault if he appears to have been left out of discussions.
I think that the facts of the matter ought to be on the record. The facts of the matter are, Mr Speaker, that three weeks ago, having been unable to get agreement to a meeting schedule for the Assembly for the rest of the year, I had a discussion with Mr Collaery about it. We roughly agreed on some dates which would be acceptable to the Rally and to the Liberals for the rest of this meeting year. On the basis of that discussion, I wrote to the Chief Minister and suggested a meeting schedule. I sent a copy of that, Mr Speaker, to you; I sent a copy to Mr Collaery; I sent a copy to Mr Duby; and I sent a copy to Mr Stevenson, so that everybody in the Assembly would know what my proposals were.
After a lapse of nearly three weeks the Chief Minister responded, and she suggested a slightly different meeting schedule. She sent a copy of that letter to you, Mr Speaker; she sent a copy to Mr Collaery, a copy to Mr Duby and a copy to Mr Stevenson. During that three-week period Mr Collaery made no approach to me to suggest that the dates that I had suggested were unacceptable, and after a lapse of three days from the time that I got the Chief Minister's letter, since it was a response to me, I then engaged in discussions with the Deputy Chief Minister to reach an acceptable meeting schedule.
At no time did Mr Collaery express to me any concern that the Chief Minister's proposal was unacceptable or, as I have said, that mine was. To come in now and to imply that there was some kind of collusion or conspiracy between the Deputy Chief Minister and me, simply because Mr Collaery
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