Page 1610 - Week 08 - Thursday, 28 September 1989
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because they had the opportunity to support the inquiry on two separate occasions yesterday and they did not take it. But they cannot stand this sort of thing.
I listened to Dr Kinloch being interviewed on radio this morning, and quite clearly he makes his decisions on the run, under pressure from the radio commentators. Is this the way we are going to see decision making proceed in this particular body? We should not allow it to happen. It should be rejected outright. Let us look at some of the comments which have been attributed to them. Mr Collaery was not game enough to make his statements here in the Assembly; he had to choose to go outside the Assembly to make his statements in relation to the conduct of the discussion. But he said here in the Canberra Times - - -
Mr Stevenson: On a point of order, Mr Speaker; I notice that the clock is not going.
MR SPEAKER: Thank you for bringing that to my attention, Mr Stevenson. Please proceed, Deputy Chief Minister.
MR WHALAN: Mr Speaker, it was in response to the acute embarrassment which these people felt as a result of their support for this insane provision that they then started to seek ways of attributing blame. As for Mr Collaery, who is laughing and giggling away with Mr Moore at the moment and who was laughing and giggling in his contribution to the debate yesterday - laughing and giggling was his only contribution to the substance of this debate - we heard him on radio this morning saying who made contributions to the debate yesterday. His contribution was to laugh and giggle and to talk about his children having too many teeth because he lived near a nuclear reactor in France or something like that, but he made no substantial contribution. He rushes off to the press and says that on a crucial day like this he did nothing but bait us. And what did I do? In an effort to try to persuade these great democrats on the other side, I spoke about their policies at great length. We took them through their vision - their platform, Hector. We took you to that and you described that as baiting you. What did we see there but constant and continual reference to consultation - the very thing which you twice voted to deny the community of Canberra. Twice you voted to deny the community of Canberra the opportunity to be consulted in relation to this most crucial issue. Then you have the hide to come here today and seek to review the same decision that yesterday you rejected.
MR SPEAKER: Order! Deputy Chief Minister, your speaking time has expired. The question is that the standing orders be suspended.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
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