Page 920 - Week 04 - Tuesday, 27 March 1990
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The Opposition has been hoisted with its own petard. That was very important legislation, just as the Clinical Waste Bill is. It was very important legislation, with the same provisions, word for word, that the Opposition, in government, put through the Assembly. I will draw the house's attention - - -
Mr Whalan: On a point of order, Mr Speaker; it should be on the record that the legislation was substantially amended - - -
MR SPEAKER: Order! Please do not debate a point of order, Mr Whalan.
Mr Whalan: By people of the likes of Mr Duby who - - -
MR SPEAKER: Order! Do not debate a point of order. Order! Mr Whalan, do not speak over me. I warn you. You do not debate a point of order.
MR DUBY: I am extraordinarily pleased that Mr Whalan raised that point of order because I will attempt to show the house just how ludicrous that point of order is. I have here the Weekly Hansard of 27, 28 and 29 June 1989, which shows that clauses 1 to 15 were taken together - ayes 17, noes nil. Once again, we have seen absolutely joking attempts at frustrating the business of this Assembly. "Frustrating" is the only possible word for it.
We have pointed out in debate that this legislation was precisely that which was proposed to be put up by those folk when they were in government. Now that they are in opposition, somehow they feel that they can suck up to the TLC and the civil libertarians and pretend that we are somehow an authoritarian group. That is not the case, and I think the debate tonight will show that quite categorically. If they were on a murder charge, they would swing.
MR COLLAERY (Attorney-General) (8.52): I rise hopefully to conclude the debate on clause 5. I thought that was the most comprehensive - - -
MR SPEAKER: Order, Mr Collaery! You have had your two turns.
Question put.
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