Page 2418 - Week 11 - Thursday, 2 November 1989
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certainly that is not the way the Government operates. It might be the way that Mr Collaery operates. The process of the selection of the short list of investors in relation to this has been outlined in considerable detail. I would not like to repeat what has already been said. I would refer Mr Jensen to the paper which was tabled in the Assembly on 19 October.
Traffic Accidents
MRS GRASSBY: I have an answer to a question asked of me by Mrs Nolan on 31 October. The question was about installing unbroken double white lines on the Federal Highway up the crest of the hill which was the scene of a fatal accident on 29 October.
A traffic engineer attended the fatal accident, in keeping with usual practice, and concluded that the line marking on the road did not contribute to this accident. Press reports indicated that there may have been driver related factors which contributed to these fatalities, but this is, of course, a matter for the coroner to consider. Examination of the road, however, has shown that vegetation growth restricts sight distance in both directions. As a result, white lines will be installed, and I have asked that this be done quickly.
QUESTION TIME
MR KAINE (Leader of the Opposition), by leave: Mr Speaker, this is not the first time that I have had to protest, as Leader of the Opposition, at the blatant misuse of question time in this Assembly by the Government. The degree to which it is misused seems to swing, depending on how safe the Government feels. On those occasions when the cold breath of the opposition is felt on the backs of Ministers' necks, they suddenly find that it is convenient to use question time properly and to answer questions. When they think that the pressure has gone off a little bit, they revert to the tactics of avoiding questions, refusing to answer and misusing question time by making ministerial statements.
Clearly, with the misfortunes that have befallen the Residents Rally in recent times, they now feel fairly comfortable. They feel they do not have to respond to the opposition in terms of a reasonable response at question time. Today, Mr Speaker, was a classic case. What did we find? We found four questions to the Government, three from their new found fellow traveller and one from Mr Wood.
Mr Moore: I rise on a point of order, Mr Speaker. I refer to standing order 55, which reads:
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