Page 2557 - Week 09 - Wednesday, 8 August 1990
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Mr Moore: Mr Acting Speaker, I take another point of order. I draw your attention to the standing order that says that the member first on his feet will be given the floor. Indeed, I was first on my feet and still am, in fact.
MR ACTING SPEAKER: Mr Moore, please sit down. You were on your feet for a point of order. Mr Humphries was on his feet to adjourn the debate. You indicated a point of order, so I deferred to you, as I have to do. Mr Humphries is the member on his feet.
Debate (on motion by Mr Humphries) adjourned.
PERSONAL EXPLANATION
DR KINLOCH: I claim to have been misrepresented by the Leader of the Opposition, and seek leave to make a short statement.
MR ACTING SPEAKER: Please proceed.
DR KINLOCH: I do not wish to make this a contentious matter. Words like "duplicity" have been thrown around. I wish to say that members of the Government met for many hours, many days, over many papers and much evidence, and I wish the word "duplicity" to be withdrawn. There was no duplicity in what was done.
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY (AMENDMENT) BILL 1990
MR BERRY (11.06): I present the Occupational Health and Safety (Amendment) Bill 1990. I move:
That this Bill be agreed to in principle.
As members will recall, and of course as the community recalls, the first piece of legislation moved by the Follett Labor Government was the Occupational Health and Safety Bill 1989. That Bill was introduced by Labor in accordance with Labor policy and, as the ACT community has become aware, Labor is the only party which delivers on its policies in this Assembly.
This piece of legislation was important and it was long needed in the Australian Capital Territory. What it set out to do was to protect the health and safety of workers in the Territory, something that was a long way from the minds of members of the Liberal Party and the Chief Minister. It was a long way from the minds of Residents Rally members, although they have changed a couple of times since in accordance with the performance which we have grown used to. As the No Self Government Party had only one policy, it must therefore be concluded that it was
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