Page 313 - Week 02 - Tuesday, 20 February 1990
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MR BERRY: Then we had a couple of outrageously mishandled motions in relation to the suspension of standing orders. The manager of Government business on the other side ought to be concerned about that. I know that there are some difficulties within their organisation because of the situation where they have three whips and a manager - - -
Mr Kaine: I raise a point of order, Mr Speaker. I have no objection to Mr Berry speaking to the matter that is being debated, but he is not speaking to that at all.
MR BERRY: Well, I heard the manager of Government business say "yes" when I sought leave to make a short statement.
Mr Kaine: On the matter before the house.
MR SPEAKER: The member sought leave to make a statement. He did not address the question he was going to speak on.
MR KAINE: We might withdraw the leave if he keeps it up.
Mr Moore: Be careful next time.
MR BERRY: Well, they will have to be more careful, because the way the whole process has been mishandled and abused today places this Assembly in disarray. I think it has been a most undignified performance by the members opposite. I seek the agreement of all the members here to a process whereby we just get on with the business on a business plane.
PERSONAL EXPLANATIONS
MR WHALAN: I wish to make a personal explanation.
MR SPEAKER: Do you claim to have been misrepresented?
MR WHALAN: Yes. During his comments Mr Jensen said that the document which I distributed to this Assembly today was different from the document which was distributed last night. That implies that in some way I had sought to deliberately mislead this house by presenting here a paper which was different in some respect from the document which was presented last night to the meeting. Let me assure the house that there was a pile of documents which were distributed at the meeting last night. There were a number left over and the document which was tabled here in the chamber was the top of that pile which was left over.
MR JENSEN: Mr Speaker, I seek leave to make a statement. I claim to have been misrepresented. If Mr Whalan had listened, he would have heard me say that there was a slight difference between the document that was tabled today and the one that was tabled at the meeting last night. I refer Mr Whalan to the copy of the document that
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