Page 1386 - Week 07 - Thursday, 24 August 1989
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5. At no time at that meeting was there any statement or suggestion to the BWIU representatives that the leadership of the Rally was in issue.
6. There has not at any time been a challenge to the leadership of the Rally.
I read that into the record simply to set the record straight. It speaks for itself. Of course, the Deputy Chief Minister is on his own from now on because I will not join him in any more of the events which have so far polarised this Assembly.
Business of the Assembly
MR JENSEN (5.21): I rise firstly to make a comment in relation to the fact that I may have inadvertently indicated that my colleague Mr Collaery was at a committee meeting. In fact, as Mr Collaery said, he was not at a committee meeting. It was an informal briefing. I wish to make that point quite clear.
However, I also support my colleague Mr Collaery in relation to the reason for this particular adjournment debate. I looked with some considerable interest at the daily program that was put before me. I searched and searched and I could not find any reference to the LA(MS) Bill. I also seem to recall that, prior to this particular motion, the Deputy Chief Minister himself sought to move an adjournment of this house. In fact, it was the rest of this house that decided to continue on with the particular business in hand.
So I think it is incredible hypocrisy for Government members, after having attempted to move an adjournment of the house and also not including it on the daily program, and it is sheer hypocrisy for the Deputy Chief Minister, to make those sorts of statements about the members on this side of the house not being concerned about their staff members.
Business of the Assembly
MR BERRY (Minister for Community Services and Health) (5.22): I think it needs to be made clear that the issues that were put before this house by Mr Collaery were no more than a red herring. Clearly, the Residents Rally party, or should I say the 30 pieces of silver coalition, has set about to prevent protection for employees of members of this Assembly being implemented as a matter of course.
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