Page 3088 - Week 14 - Thursday, 7 December 1989
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MS FOLLETT: Mr Speaker, in the Chronicle, dated 5 December, there appears the following statement:
... the Leader of the Residents Rally, Bernard Collaery, admitted the Chief Minister, Rosemary Follett, had been offered a Ministry in an alliance Government but had rejected the offer.
Further, in the same article, it is stated:
Residents Rally leader, Bernard Collaery, said he had some "regrets" about Ms Follett "having to go" and an offer of a Ministry in an alliance Government had been rejected by her.
Mr Speaker, I wish to place on record that neither Mr Kaine nor Mr Collaery, nor any other member of the alliance government, approached me at any stage to offer me a ministry or for any other purpose, and that the statement that I had been offered such a ministry is completely and utterly untrue.
SUSPENSION OF STANDING AND TEMPORARY ORDERS
MR BERRY (11.02): Mr Speaker, I move:
That so much of the standing and temporary orders be suspended as would prevent the Assembly from proceeding to private members' business.
Mr Speaker, it is very clear that the Government has set out to close off debate on private members' business. I think it is very interesting to see that the first motion moved by the Chief Minister was one of adjournment, as was quite rightly pointed out by his former deputy, Mr Humphries, and the second one was the gag.
Mr Humphries: What do you mean by "former"?
MR BERRY: Are you still the deputy?
Mr Humphries: Deputy leader of the Liberal Party, that is right, yes.
MR BERRY: Good. My apologies to Mr Humphries. He remains the deputy leader of the Liberal Party. I notice that his eyes are getting a little green about the Chief Minister's position but, Mr Speaker - - -
Mr Moore: Perhaps the Deputy Chief Minister's position first.
MR BERRY: Start from the top and work down. Mr Speaker, it is extremely important for the people of Canberra that the private members' business on the notice paper, or as much of it as possible, is dealt with today. There are 15
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