Page 2414 - Week 09 - Thursday, 17 September 1992
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MR BERRY: Mr Humphries has not stopped interjecting since he got in the place, and Mr De Domenico never stops. If you do not want us to give you a legislation program, we can live just as well with that. If you say, "Do not give us one again", we will be happy with that.
Mr Moore: No; I replied to it very nicely. I gave a very sensible reply.
MR BERRY: Okay. But the Liberals do not seem to want to get the bad news that is in it. Here is a progressive - - -
Mr Humphries: There is lots of bad news.
MR BERRY: It is bad news for them. They treat progressive news as bad news. As I said in this chamber the other day, it is not a matter of the name of the legislation; it is the guts of it. Legislation that is put up by a government like a Labor government which has a social justice thrust is quite different from that which would be proposed by the Liberals, and I can understand why they would complain about it. We know that if they were in government and they had a legislation program it would be about confrontation, it would be about privatisation, it would be about - - -
Mr Humphries: Eating small children, murdering mothers - things like that.
MADAM SPEAKER: Order, Mr Humphries, please!
MR BERRY: We ought to count up the number of interjections too, Madam Speaker. It would be about privatisation. Just imagine what they would do with the public transport system if Mr Westende had anything to do with it. They would sell it. They would sell the profitable bits to their mates. That is what they would do. What about housing? They would flog off the profitable bits to their mates. What about the health system? You would force all the people into expensive private hospitals. That is what you would do.
So do not whinge about what the Labor Party is doing in its legislation program. It is a progressive program. Every Bill that is implemented by way of this chamber will be progressive, except those that are interfered with by the Liberal Party. That is what we are here to prevent - to stop that sort of gross interference. You had better get used to a legislation program that is progressive. It might be painful for you, but we are enjoying it.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE TO MEMBERS
Motion (by Mr Westende) agreed to:
That leave of absence from 26 September to 12 October 1992 inclusive be given to Mr De Domenico.
Motion (by Mr De Domenico) agreed to:
That leave of absence from 3 to 15 October 1992 inclusive be given to Mr Humphries and leave of absence from 18 September to 12 October 1992 inclusive be given to Mr Westende.
Sitting suspended from 12.03 to 2.30 pm
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