Page 718 - Week 03 - Thursday, 22 March 1990
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MR BERRY: I have not got around to repeating anything yet.
MR SPEAKER: Please address the question before the house, Mr Berry.
MR BERRY: Mrs Nolan spoke at length about the issues that have affected the asbestos matter in the ACT. The one thing I did notice - and it is quite obvious - was that she failed to identify the people who were responsible for getting on with the job of dealing with asbestos in the ACT in the first place. Of course, that was the Federal Labor Government and I was reading in this - - -
Mrs Nolan: Said that, said that.
Mr Duby: Yes, the Federal Labor Government that gave us a bill of $28m dollars - that gave us a bill of almost 30 million.
MR BERRY: I was reading in this newspaper during this - - -
MR SPEAKER: Order, order!
MR BERRY: Well, you people were not even here then, somebody had to do something and what they did was - - -
Mrs Grassby: And you people opposite wanted to cut it completely - - -
MR SPEAKER: Order!
Mr Duby: I wanted to get them to pay for everything.
Mrs Grassby: Yes, that is right and the people sit here for nothing.
MR SPEAKER: Order, Mr Duby, order! Order, Mrs Grassby, please!
Mrs Grassby: Sorry, Mr Speaker.
MR BERRY: What I was looking at here which was of most interest to me, Mr Speaker, was an advertisement on page - I cannot even see the page number, I have got my glasses in my pocket, I will get them out later. At any rate, it is an ad which has got the images of Ros Kelly and Bob McMullan. The advertisement poses the question, "Do you have any queries about voting?".
Mr Jensen: On a point of order, Mr Speaker; standing orders 58 and 62 - relevance.
MR BERRY: The relevance, of course, is that these two fine members of Parliament, one a senator, were Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Australia and they were the - - -
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