Page 960 - Week 04 - Tuesday, 27 March 1990
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MR DUBY: Mr Jensen says he was too, and so be it.
Mr Wood: Well, why did you vote that way?
MR DUBY: I was asked why I voted the way I did. I had heard the debate - if that is the word for it - on the intercom in my room and, as I said, had there been a conspiracy I would have been here for the whole thing; I would not have missed any of the fun, would I?
Having heard the comments from Mr Stevenson, I tend to agree with him. I think it is a sad state when Mr Wood goes through the Hansard and compares the interjections. I will agree there is nothing wrong with the cut and thrust of debate, nothing wrong with it at all.
People who watch this Assembly in action know that there are certain members on either side of the floor who can interject, often with witty, clever comments. Never, though, do they degenerate to insults and interjections of a personal nature. Frankly, I am sick and tired of being called "Dingo Duby" by Mr Whalan. I am absolutely sick of it. There is no need for it. I have a complete zip on my lip; I do not call him insulting names; I do not call anyone on the other side of the floor insulting names. Frankly, I am sick and tired of hearing the Attorney-General referred to as "a scum bag". There is no need for it. If you go through the Hansard, as Mr Wood suggested, you will find that there is no-one on this side of the house calling people on the other side obnoxious - - -
Mr Moore: Oh, what lies!
MR SPEAKER: Order! Please withdraw that, Mr Moore.
Mr Moore: I withdraw it.
MR DUBY: Mr Speaker, there is no-one here continually calling out obnoxious epithets. It simply does not occur, Mr Moore. And I defy you to bring to my office a copy of Hansard which shows the same. I defy you to. And if you can - - -
Mr Moore: With your name on it tonight, Mr Duby, I shall do it.
MR DUBY: Where I have called you an obnoxious name? No way; it is not on.
Mr Moore: It can be done simply by inference just the same as anything else.
MR SPEAKER: Order!
MR DUBY: That is simply not the case. I have noticed also, Mr Speaker, that whenever these attacks of a personal nature appear, particularly from the member we are
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