Page 402 - Week 02 - Wednesday, 2 March 1994
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MR BERRY: You are the people who are raising the suspicion and trying to create some mystery about the whole arrangement. What has happened is that the ACT Labor Government has struck a good deal, a good deal which returns - - -
Mrs Carnell: Show it to us.
Mr De Domenico: Show us how good it is. We do not believe you.
MADAM SPEAKER: Order!
MR BERRY: I have told you the details of it. It will return us $500,000 a year. We are in front. If we had not taken it up somebody else would have it.
Ms Follett: That is the whole problem, of course.
MR BERRY: I think that is where we get to the nub of the problem. Who is it that they are supporting? Is it the person who missed out?
Mrs Carnell: Was there someone else?
Mr De Domenico: There is another player now.
Mr Humphries: Tell us who missed out.
MADAM SPEAKER: Order!
MR BERRY: Maybe it is the person who missed out. Who knows with this lot? They always play personalities; they are always interested in vested interests. I am telling you that what happened in relation to this was that the ACT Government spotted a good deal for the Territory. We saw $500,000 a year and, of course, we went after it. We know a good deal when we see one. What we also did, and what I personally was involved in, was to make sure that the deal was safe with respect to the Territory.
Mr De Domenico: Minister, that is a shonky deal. It is a shonky deal.
MADAM SPEAKER: Order!
MR BERRY: Madam Speaker, I think that has to be withdrawn.
Mrs Carnell: He did not say that you are shonky. He said that the deal was shonky.
Mr Humphries: Why?
MR BERRY: That is a - - -
MADAM SPEAKER: He is not accusing you of being shonky, is he, Mr Berry?
MR BERRY: I am the one who is alleged - - -
Mr De Domenico: Minister, we believe that it is a shonky deal.
MADAM SPEAKER: Mr De Domenico, I ask you to cease interjecting. Mr Berry, continue.
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