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about, or that they have nothing to base their stance on. Instead, they should argue the actual facts of the matter.
MR STEVENSON: I seek to make a personal statement.
MR SPEAKER: Do you claim to have been misrepresented?
MR STEVENSON: Yes, indeed I do.
MR SPEAKER: Please proceed.
MR STEVENSON: Firstly, Mr Moore claimed that the press release described him as a pawn of the porn traders. The truth of the matter was that it asked a question about that. The major reason for asking such a question was that I have found that usually Mr Moore is quite forthright in his dealings in this Assembly and presents the case fairly. In the case of the X-rated video debate he has resorted to things that were not correct. At the demonstration outside the Assembly last Tuesday week he claimed that the Abolish Self Government Coalition was a sham. He also claimed this at the debate at the ANU.
MR SPEAKER: Order; you must address the issue.
MR STEVENSON: The issue is that the evidence would have it that he was not operating as he would normally do so, and so one could well ask the question, was he being a pawn of the porn industry?
Mr Moore: That was again a rhetorical question in the same sense that it was a rhetorical question in Mr Stevenson's press release. I ask that any imputation that he meant by that be withdrawn.
MR SPEAKER: Let me think on that one for a minute.
Mr Kaine: Do some cogitating, Mr Speaker.
MR SPEAKER: I will take that on notice. I really do not believe that your point is valid, Mr Moore, but I will get back to you on that.
MR BERRY: I seek leave to make a short statement and I claim to have been misrepresented. My claim is in relation to a lot of noise from the person who could be described as the Minister for cheap shots, the Chief Minister, in relation to absences from this house during his Bills.
Mr Kaine: The Leader of the Opposition and the deputy are absent again.
MR SPEAKER: Order.
Mr Kaine: The debate is going on in here, not out there.
Mrs Grassby: We can hear it all.
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