Page 795 - Week 05 - Thursday, 6 July 1989
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MR SPEAKER: I will hold up proceedings for a few moments while the television cameras and other equipment are removed. It is just a pause in proceedings; it is not an adjournment.
SELF-GOVERNMENT - SELECT COMMITTEE
MR SPEAKER: I have received letters nominating the following members to the Select Committee on Self-Government, namely: Mr Duby, Mr Jensen, Mr Kaine, Ms Maher and Mr Wood.
Motion (by Mr Whalan) agreed to:
That Mr Duby, Mr Jensen, Mr Kaine, Ms Maher and Mr Wood be appointed to the Select Committee on Self-Government.
POLICE OFFENCES (AMENDMENT) BILL 1989 - SELECT COMMITTEE
MR SPEAKER: I have received letters nominating the following members to the Select Committee on the Police Offences (Amendment) Bill 1989, namely: Mr Collaery, Ms Maher and Mr Stefaniak.
Motion (by Mr Whalan) agreed to:
That Mr Collaery, Ms Maher and Mr Stefaniak be appointed to the Select Committee on the Police Offences (Amendment) Bill 1989.
MINISTERIAL AND PUBLIC SERVICE IMPROPRIETY
MR COLLAERY: Mr Speaker, I rise to continue my response to a motion moved this morning by Mr Berry to give me, in Mr Berry's words, unlimited time to speak on the matter of ministerial and public service impropriety in the Australian Capital Territory. The very interesting thing about this, Mr Speaker, if I could make a comment, is that this question was phrased, of course, by the Government and the word "impropriety" was, of course, used by the Government, so clearly it regards the topic as containing such magnitude as to give me unlimited time to respond to it.
One realises that there is a certain contradiction between the tactic employed by this group opposite me, the tacticians of this house, and the reality. The reality is, Mr Speaker, that the bully boy intention - I should say, with my friends' indulgence, the bully boy/girl intention - was to ensure that the Rally would be lost for words and
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