Page 3166 - Week 15 - Thursday, 14 December 1989
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Mr Whalan: This man, this defamatory person - - -
MR SPEAKER: Order!
Mr Whalan: He would blacken the name of anybody.
MR COLLAERY: The last time we were here, Mr Speaker, I held an olive branch out to the former Deputy Chief Minister. That has not been taken up. That is regrettable. Of course, it is the public who will suffer big problems. The fact of the matter is, Mr Speaker - - -
Mr Whalan: You did not withdraw your lies. Why didn't you withdraw your lies?
MR SPEAKER: Order! Mr Whalan, I request that you withdraw those comments.
Mr Whalan: Just so that it is in the Hansard as to what I am withdrawing, I interjected and said to Mr Collaery, "Why didn't you withdraw your lies?". I now withdraw that interjection.
MR SPEAKER: Thank you, Mr Whalan. Please proceed, Mr Collaery.
MR COLLAERY: Thank you, Mr Speaker. No doubt the adjournment debate will be another chance - certainly for one member of this Assembly - to pursue an agenda that is becoming more and more evident to the people of Canberra. It is regrettable. All I say is that we had a chance to make bygones be bygones. It has not been accepted. This Government will simply move on. It will not be deflected by that level of debate in future in this Assembly.
Mr Speaker, there are a number of issues raised in the Leader of the Opposition's speech, particularly on issues such as the casino, the funding structure of the Territory and other matters. We, of course, on this side of the house, have discussed all those issues in our joint party room at length. In this Government, everyone participates.
It was a great regret to many of us on this side of the house that one of your Labor Party members, Mr Wood, was not given the opportunity to contribute, to give his maturity, certainly his experience in another difficult parliament, to this Assembly. We wait with interest to see what role you will give Mr Wood now in opposition because I see that gentleman as having a linchpin role in determining whether we get an effective opposition.
Mr Wood: Mr Collaery, I am shadowing you in many of your areas.
MR COLLAERY: I welcome working in tandem with Mr Wood. Of course, Mr Speaker, I am anxious to ensure that the putative member for Tuggeranong sitting opposite me also
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