Page 179 - Week 01 - Thursday, 15 February 1990
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So these two Bills, taken collectively, change the machinery by which the processes of tax assessing and collecting are carried out. I believe that they strengthen the arrangements that were previously in place. Mr Speaker, the Leader of the Opposition was talking before about courtesy. If they want to have a chuckle and a conversation, they might give me the courtesy of doing it somewhere else.
Mr Whalan: Certainly you don't have a sense of humour.
MR KAINE: Thanks very much for your cooperation and courtesy, Mr Whalan. I will keep that in mind when you think you should have it.
Mr Whalan: Yes, you do not have a sense of humour. When have you ever cooperated with us? You tell us of one instance when you have cooperated with us.
MR SPEAKER: Order! Mr Whalan, please!
MR KAINE: I think under the circumstances, Mr Speaker, I have made the points that I wanted to make. I will leave the floor to Mr Whalan and allow him some courtesy if he wishes to take the opportunity of enjoying it.
MR COLLAERY (Attorney-General) (11.02): Mr Speaker, I sympathise with you in your difficulties in controlling the group who sit opposite me. Nevertheless, we are determined today not to be deflected by the disinterest in normal parliamentary procedures shown by some of the members opposite. I will not be drawn, I assure you. That is my fondest hope today.
Mr Wood: If you are talking about disinterest, have a look at those benches there.
MR COLLAERY: That is a silent disinterest, if anything, Mr Wood. Mr Speaker, the Leader of the Opposition has indicated to you that she would prefer to be advised or consulted on matters that affect her as a member of the Assembly.
Mr Berry: On a point of order, Mr Speaker; I just ask you to draw the member's attention to the requirement to deal with the matter which is before the Assembly and not wander off the track.
MR SPEAKER: Thank you, Mr Berry. Please stick to the point, Mr Collaery.
MR COLLAERY: The Leader of the Opposition registered that complaint, as it were, that these were her Bills or "my Bills", I believe, or words to that effect. That type of possessive, adjectival language fails to recognise, Mr Speaker - - -
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