Page 1872 - Week 07 - Wednesday, 19 August 1992
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MR MOORE: The implication is about conniving, and I object to it. I made my decision purely on the basis of the role of the Speaker, who had made a decision and named a member. As far as I am concerned, the Speaker deserves support under those circumstances, and I was prepared to give it. As I said to Mr De Domenico earlier today, should government members continue to raise MPIs, I am prepared to look at the standing orders and, if necessary, change them.
But, as far as conniving goes - perhaps it is one of the reasons it annoys me - a number of statements to members of the media have come back to me over the last week. They are matters that I had not intended to raise, but I think it is appropriate to raise them now. Stories had come from the Liberal Party that I had in some way done a deal over the marijuana legislation for my vote in relation to the circuses. I have done no deals over my vote since I was elected to the First Assembly and in the Second Assembly.
I am quite happy to negotiate positions, such as the position of chair of a committee or something along those lines. If people want to call negotiating those things through to conclusion a deal, that is fine. But, when it comes to my vote, I do not make deals. I vote according to the way I think, issue by issue. Mr Humphries, you can rely on that; and, if you wish to convince me on a particular issue, by all means try to do so.
Mr Cornwell: Let the record stand and speak for itself.
MR MOORE: Mr Cornwell interjects, "Let the record speak for itself". I suggest that he look over the past few years and let the record speak for itself.
Mr Humphries: Look over the past four months.
MR MOORE: If the interjection is, "Look over the past four months", perhaps you should look at yourselves and see how much more conservative you have become.
Matters of Public Importance
MRS GRASSBY (5.50): Madam Speaker, I object to Mr Humphries's statement. When I was the only government backbencher, I was on every committee. I did not have time to put MPIs, although many times I wanted to do so.
Mr Humphries: It was another matter for your other lazy colleagues who were not on any committees beforehand.
MRS GRASSBY: We are talking about when we were in government and about now. I had the right to put up MPIs. But, as I was on every committee, I did not have the time to do it, although there were times when I wished to do it. I object to the statement. I have the right to put up an MPI.
Mr Humphries: That is very sad, Mrs Grassby; but it is totally irrelevant.
MRS GRASSBY: It is not totally irrelevant. It is just the stunt that you put on today; and that is all it was - a stunt. Talk about the circus! You walked out; you put on a stunt. You, not the Government, brought the place into disrepute, and I object to what you said, Mr Humphries.
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