Page 93 - Week 01 - Wednesday, 14 February 1990
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Mr Kaine: On a point of order, Mr Speaker; he withdraws or he does not.
MR SPEAKER: Thank you, Mr Kaine. I appreciate your point, Mr Whalan. I have taken advice on the issue and you cannot use other people's speech in this house to impute the actions of a member.
MR WHALAN: Well, what I do have are three separate authorities for claims by Mr Collaery of his involvement with ASIS over the years, and I think that - - -
MR SPEAKER: Order! That is irrelevant. Please get to the point under discussion.
MR WHALAN: I think that demonstrates Mr Warden's point. What this will do is flush out - - -
Mr Kaine: On a point of order, Mr Speaker; Mr Whalan has asserted that he has the names of three people. I would request that he put the names on the table so that his assertions can be investigated by the privilege committee.
MR SPEAKER: I will take this matter up at a later stage. Please proceed, Mr Whalan.
MR WHALAN: This motion will flush out once and for all - - -
Mr Jensen: On a point of order, Mr Speaker; I am sorry, but Mr Whalan has still not withdrawn the imputations that he has made against my colleague Mr Collaery. I would ask that you direct that he withdraw unreservedly.
MR SPEAKER: I believe he has, Mr Jensen. Please proceed, Mr Whalan.
MR WHALAN: Thank you, Mr Speaker. This motion will flush out, once and for all, the role of the Government and its position in relation to the Tuggeranong swimming pool. Quite clearly, if you have a look at the answer to the question - the dorothy dix question yesterday - there is a very important aspect to that.
First of all, there is the final confirmation that, in order to delay committing itself to doing something in Tuggeranong and to delay indicating the truth of the matter - which is that the Government despises Tuggeranong and it despises the people of Tuggeranong and it treats the people of Tuggeranong with contempt - the Government has indicated its intention to engage a consultant. We know that this consultant is going to cost $50,000 and that the consultant's role will be intended to tell us what we already know, which is that the people of Tuggeranong are entitled to a pool, they desperately need a pool and the population growth and the projected population growth in that area justifies the establishment of a pool there
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