Page 3146 - Week 11 - Tuesday, 20 September 1994
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MR BERRY: I just heard Mr Moore say, "You did not touch the pub and club industry". What a dope! Had he not noticed the code of practice which was introduced by the Minister for Industrial Relations, or was he asleep again, under the cloak of Sir Walter Raleigh? I am telling you, Mr Moore, that action is under way, and it is all happening out there, in all workplaces, where all workers will be looked after. You were probably too busy touring around the country.
Madam Speaker, I think that what we are about to see is a very healthy debate about the failures on this score of the Liberals and their cohorts amongst the Independents. We will be able to demonstrate to Mr Stevenson over there - I think it is a charge that could be laid - that this Assembly has been misled by some of the information that was put before it by the committee. I think that that needs to be undone. We will have the opportunity in the course of this debate to uncover that.
MADAM SPEAKER: Mr Berry, your time has expired.
MR DE Domenico (8.32): Madam Speaker, I think that the debate needs to be brought back to where sensible people meet. On this occasion, the Liberal Party has to agree with Mr Moore that, on the ground where sensible people meet, the simplistic issues tend to be thrown away. Mr Berry would be aware, or he should have been aware, that the occupational health and safety provisions mention all workers, whether they work in restaurants, clubs, pubs or taverns. What those occupational health and safety provisions say is that by 1997, over a phased-in period of three years, there will be certain areas in those workplaces - not necessarily all areas, but certain areas in those workplaces - where all workers, whether they work in pubs, taverns, clubs or restaurants, who do not wish to be affected by tobacco smoke will be able to work. That is a fact, Mr Berry. As a former Industrial Relations Minister, you should know that. Perhaps you do know that and are trying to mislead the Assembly, as you have tried to mislead the people of Canberra at the same time. That is point No. 1.
MADAM SPEAKER: Mr De Domenico, that is not acceptable, and I ask you to withdraw it.
Mr Moore: On a point of order, Madam Speaker: It is exactly the same thing that Mr Berry said just a very short while ago. If it is good for the goose, it is good for the gander.
MADAM SPEAKER: Mr Moore, please be seated. Next time, if you take a point of order specifically when the statement is made, I will ask for it to be withdrawn. You took it 10 minutes later, and I had no idea what you were talking about. You will come to order. Mr De Domenico, you will withdraw.
MR DE Domenico: What am I withdrawing, Madam Speaker?
MADAM SPEAKER: You accused Mr Berry of misleading. Withdraw.
MR DE Domenico: If it pleases you, Madam Speaker, I will withdraw.
MADAM SPEAKER: Thank you. Please proceed.
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