Page 2551 - Week 12 - Wednesday, 15 November 1989
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Mrs Grassby: On a point of order, Mr Speaker; I object to that unparliamentary language and I ask the member to withdraw it. I do not like what was said about me as a member of this wonderful Government.
MR SPEAKER: Would you withdraw that, Mr Humphries.
MR HUMPHRIES: No, I will not, Mr Speaker. That term has been used many times in the past in this place. It has been used, not about any particular Minister - - -
Mrs Grassby: On a point of order, Mr Speaker; that language has not been used by any member of this house. I will not have it said that I am sucking up to somebody. Mr Humphries said that Mr Moore was sucking up to the Government.
MR SPEAKER: I missed the offending words as I was being advised at the time. Under the circumstances, Mr Humphries, and given the fact that I did not hear the offending statement, would you please repeat the statement so that I can make a decision on it.
MR HUMPHRIES: I said, Mr Speaker, that the Government was sucking up to Mr Moore. Now, I am not referring to any particular member of the Government. The Government generally has been engaging in activities - - -
Mrs Grassby: On a point of order, Mr Speaker; I am a member of this Government. I am not sucking up to anybody, Mr Speaker. I have not done it since I left my mother's breast.
MR HUMPHRIES: Mr Speaker, may I speak to the point of order that the Minister has raised. If I describe the Government in particular terms and I say the Government is doing something in a particular fashion, I am referring generally to a number of members of the chamber. I am not referring to any particular member doing anything that could be considered objectionable. If I say that a particular member is - - -
MR SPEAKER: Thank you, Mr Humphries; I recognise what you are saying. I do not believe the wording used was offensive enough to have caused such dissension. Please proceed, Mr Humphries.
MR HUMPHRIES: Mr Speaker, I think the unhealthy relationship which we are seeing between this Government and Mr Moore is symptomised by the remarks that have passed from the lips of the Chief Minister in recent moments. I find them quite extraordinary, because my mind goes back to the debate we had on a number of committees, in particular, committees on which Mr Dennis Stevenson as an individual member of this Assembly sought membership. At that time he certainly put the same sorts of arguments forward. He said that he had a contribution to make to particular committees in this Assembly and that he was entitled to membership of
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