Page 703 - Week 03 - Tuesday, 12 March 1991
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MR KAINE: The Government's approach to business in this city is holding the economy up quite well.
MR SPEAKER: Order! Mrs Grassby, I would ask you to withdraw that aside.
Mrs Grassby: What was that?
MR SPEAKER: I overheard you saying that it was a lie. Would you please withdraw?
Mrs Grassby: Well, the budget is blown out.
MR SPEAKER: Would you please withdraw it?
Mrs Grassby: I withdraw it.
MR SPEAKER: Thank you.
Alliance Government
MR CONNOLLY: My question is to the Chief Minister. I refer the Chief Minister to the accord signed by all members of the Alliance Government and which states, "The Alliance will continue until the date of the next election". I also refer him to recent statements by Mr Humphries that speculate that the Residents Rally will pull out of the Alliance before the next election, and comments by Mr Collaery that he would not commit himself to staying in the Alliance. What action, Chief Minister, are you intending to take to discipline your Ministers over their statements which clearly breach that accord document?
MR KAINE: The Opposition is squirming to find something that they can drive between the members of this Government.
Mr Connolly: Well, it is not hard.
MR KAINE: It is not hard to try to find accusations to make, but it is very hard to make them stick. I have nine other members of the Alliance here who will confirm that the Alliance is as strong today as it was the day we signed that document. The Alliance Government will stay in place, despite the squirming and writhing of the Opposition. It will stay in place until the third Saturday in February 1992 when there will be another election.
Mrs Grassby: That is not what Dr Kinloch said. That is not what Bernard said.
MR KAINE: You asked the question. I am giving you the answer. I know that you do not like it. I know that you would like me to get up here and say that it is going to fall apart the day after tomorrow, but it simply is not. I will still be Chief Minister, with a firm Alliance behind me, when we go to the election in February next year.
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