Page 2948 - Week 13 - Thursday, 23 November 1989
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Mr Jensen: On a point of order, Mr Speaker; I would suggest that Mr Moore is disputing your ruling. I think he has done it at least twice and I think it is about time he got on with the business in hand and spoke directly to the motion, as you have directed.
MR SPEAKER: Relevance is the objective.
MR MOORE: Mr Speaker, I do not know how Mr Jensen could say such a thing when just a short while ago I explained to you what I was doing and you agreed with me. Now, surely that is quite appropriate.
MR SPEAKER: Please proceed to the point, Mr Moore.
MR MOORE: That meeting is most relevant because what we are going to deal with is a situation where Mr Kaine may form a government with this man and the Residents Rally. I feel it is most appropriate that I warn him that the man does not keep his promises. That is most important, Mr Speaker, because he promised at that meeting that he would go back to another general meeting - - -
Mr Jensen: I am sorry, Mr Speaker, but I will have to keep rising on a point of order while Mr Moore continues in the way he is doing. Mr Moore has implied that Mr Collaery is a liar, and I do not think that is appropriate. I think he should be asked to withdraw it.
MR SPEAKER: Please withdraw that comment, Mr Moore.
MR MOORE: Mr Speaker, I certainly did not do that. I am not implying; I am giving an example of where Mr Collaery is not keeping a promise, and I think that that is a very important thing for Mr Kaine to understand.
Mr Jensen: On a point of order, Mr Speaker; that is a qualified withdrawal.
MR MOORE: I have not made a withdrawal.
Mr Kaine: On a point of order, Mr Speaker; I believe that Mr Moore is being quite speculative. In fact, I could be intending to form a government with the Labor Party. He has no way of knowing what my intentions are.
MR SPEAKER: That is a valid point; you are speculating, Mr Moore. Please proceed to the debate.
MR MOORE: Of course, Mr Speaker, I am speculating. Everybody is speculating; this is speculating; the motion is speculation. Of course, it is speculation, Mr Speaker, and what we have is a case where Mr Collaery promised to his party that he would go back to a general meeting - - -
MR SPEAKER: Order! Mr Moore, I am not interested in the internal politics of the Residents Rally. It is not what we are debating.
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