Page 202 - Week 01 - Thursday, 15 February 1990
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MR KAINE: Quite frankly, I consider the referral of this question to me quite extraordinary. In fact, I know nothing of the incident to which Mr Berry refers. I was not party to it. You did not even include my name in the names of people that are supposed to be involved in it. So I do not know what the point of the question is. I think I can only repeat the words that Mr Collaery would use. If you believe that you have any evidence of any impropriety on the part of a Minister or any other member of this Government, just give me the facts.
MR BERRY: Well, it has been given the nod.
MR KAINE: Do not bring forward these casual references and these implications of some kind of improper action. Just give us the facts, put them on the table and they will be examined.
Mr Collaery: Look at the child smiling.
MR KAINE: Yes, the Leader of the Opposition thinks this is hilarious. Really, if we want to go into questions of the performance and the behaviour of Ministers we might raise the question of a Federal Minister - well known to us - who wheeled a number of incapacitated and abused people into the public eye in front of the cameras recently. That might be a matter that you, Mr Berry, might want to inquire about.
MR SPEAKER: Dr Kinloch.
MR BERRY: I have a supplementary question.
MR SPEAKER: Dr Kinloch has been called.
Mr Moore: There is a supplementary question.
MR SPEAKER: Mr Berry, please proceed, provided that it is a supplementary question.
MR BERRY: Well, that is what I said it was going to be, Mr Speaker, and I can assure you that it will be. My supplementary question, of course, is again directed to the Chief Minister. I take it from his answer to the question that he was not aware of the circumstances which I brought to his attention and I expect therefore that he will acquaint himself with the circumstances. But the Chief Minister might answer, since the question has been raised on the matter: Is he aware of any medical or scientific qualifications which would equip Mr Humphries to participate in such an experiment?
MR KAINE: I repeat, Mr Speaker, if Mr Berry has got information that suggests that there has been some improper act on the part of a Minister or a member of the Government, he can give it to me. Part of my inquiry is to find the facts.
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