Page 2965 - Week 13 - Thursday, 23 November 1989
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Staff Members' Farewell
MR JENSEN (5.16): Mr Speaker, it will be a pity if the Chief Minister leaves, because what I am about to do is pay a tribute to three very hardworking members of the committee staff who are leaving us tomorrow. I refer specifically, Mr Speaker, to Cameron Kent, Chris Windsor and Susan Johnson who have, over the six-month period that this Assembly has been in operation, provided sterling service to the members of the Assembly, particularly in relation to their support. They have put in long hours in helping the members of the Assembly get their reports out on time and made available. I think it is appropriate that this matter should be recorded in Hansard, particularly as these members are leaving. I enjoin all members to join them at their farewell tomorrow.
Staff Members' Farewell
MR DUBY (5.17): Let the record show that I also endorse the comments of Mr Jensen and will sorely miss the services of those persons mentioned.
Personal Explanation
MR MOORE (5.17): Mr Speaker, I claim to have been misrepresented. I have been trying to make this claim for some time today, Mr Speaker.
On 24 October this year, a television news broadcast implied, in its manner of presenting visual images and voice overlays, that I had interfered in an illegal manner with the locks and safes in the Residents Rally office. I have the Monitair transcript of that broadcast and I quote:
Mr Moore's exit ends months of tensions in the party. Last week Police were called in after Mr Collaery's safe was tampered with and late last night locks in the Rally Offices were changed. The feeling in the Rally office today was one of relief.
Of course, those things did not happen. After this broadcast I approached the reporter responsible on a one-to-one basis. It was apparent that this reporter had not checked the facts, and I wonder where she got those facts from.
A further misrepresentation occurred on 3 November, at which time I pointed out the defamatory nature of the journalism and requested a retraction and an apology. That was not forthcoming. That request was put in writing and faxed to the journalist. I then attempted to contact the
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