Page 3104 - Week 14 - Thursday, 7 December 1989
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Mr Whalan: Foot in mouth again - you certainly are confused.
MR SPEAKER: Order, Mr Whalan!
MR COLLAERY: One of his motions on the notice paper today is to note "with alarm the amount of land held by one private land developer". It is an extraordinary motion to put forward. There is no real sense of organisation inherent in these panic motions that the former Minister opposite me is going to argue, no doubt in the adjournment debate, with great passion, for democracy and for discussion of further business. It is very clear in the parliamentary practice that governments are given the traditional right to introduce their programs and that is generally heard in silence.
Mr Whalan: I raise a point of order, Mr Speaker. Could the Assembly be informed of the matter before the Assembly, please?
MR SPEAKER: The matter before the Assembly is a special adjournment debate. Please proceed, Mr Collaery.
Mr Wood: Did he move that?
Mr Whalan: He did not move it.
Mr Humphries: He did move it. You were not paying attention. You were talking.
MR COLLAERY: Mr Speaker, I close my remarks by reminding you that the morning's events were put on, on two issues initially. One was in that gross breach of parliamentary practice, and the other was to move a fatuous censure motion, a censure motion that all of us sitting here, particularly Mr Kaine, me and you, know was an empty, absolutely pointless exercise because there are three of us in this house who could have simply given you the answer immediately.
Mr Whalan: I trust the word of the other two people.
MR SPEAKER: Order! Mr Whalan, please address your comments through the Chair.
Mr Whalan: Mr Speaker, I just want to state on record that I do trust you and I trust Mr Kaine.
MR SPEAKER: Do you seek leave to make a statement?
Mr Whalan: I do not trust Mr Collaery.
MR SPEAKER: Order! Standing order 202(e) will be used if you keep this up, Mr Whalan. Please proceed, Mr Collaery.
MR COLLAERY: Thank you, Mr Speaker. The fact is that the second diversion offered was a personal statement by the
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