Page 250 - Week 01 - Thursday, 15 February 1990
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Mr Speaker, I am sure you will agree, having heard what I have had to say about our commitment to occupational health and safety, that this is a very sensible amendment to this dictatorial motion that we find here under private members' business. I seek the support of every clear-thinking member of this Assembly in that amendment.
MR MOORE (5.03): The concern is that, first of all, the industrial relations advisory committee does not exist. We have got no idea whatsoever of the sort of structure of that committee and, if it is anything like the razor gang structure, we can expect it to have on it no unionists, a series of industrialists and a couple of academics.
Mr Duby: I rise on a point of order, Mr Speaker. Mr Moore clearly has not listened.
MR SPEAKER: That is not a point of order, Mr Duby.
Mr Duby: Well, I have just explained that it has representatives of employer, employee and Government groups. If he does not want to listen, that is his business.
MR SPEAKER: You can claim to be misrepresented later, Mr Duby.
MR MOORE: Thank you, Mr Duby, I withdraw the structure as I put it and will emphasise that we do not know what proportions that they will be in.
Mr Duby: Equal.
MR MOORE: In equal proportions, thank you very much.
Mr Duby: Next?
MR MOORE: Thank you for that interjection, Mr Duby. It will be interesting to see the final formation of that particular body. The concern clearly of the motion here is to ensure that the designated work group should comprise 10 employees rather than 20. I am quite happy with the first part of your amendment and quite happy to vote with that.
The second part of your amendment, however, does concern me because I think it is a perfect opportunity now for you to continue to argue, as you did argue in the occupational health and safety debate, that there should be 10 employees rather than 20. It will give the Residents Rally the opportunity now to realise the mistake that they had made and go with the figure of 10. The delay will cause some further problems. As you have said, the Act will be fully operational by 14 May and I think that it is good to see that you are getting it even if it is a fairly long introduction time, but there are quite a complicated series of manoeuvres that have to be made to get it that way.
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