Page 1453 - Week 06 - Tuesday, 1 May 1990
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MR COLLAERY: It has uncoiled. It is up again.
MR SPEAKER: Mr Berry, I accept your point of order. Mr Collaery, please stick to the debate before the house.
MR COLLAERY: Mr Speaker, I will turn the page. At page 4 - - -
Mr Berry: There must be a point of order which deals with contempt for the Chair, Mr Speaker?
MR SPEAKER: No, there is not. Please sit down, Mr Berry.
MR COLLAERY: I appeal to the Chair, Mr Speaker. I am only up to page 4 of Ms Follett's response. At page 4 Ms Follett's response is, "Mr Speaker, I submit that there is no strategy. We have been given some indications of what is in store". Mr Speaker, this is the sort of querulous commentary that comes from the amateurism of Labor's left at the moment. Few of them know much about society and - - -
Mr Berry: I think it is about time he sat down, Mr Speaker. He was warned.
MR SPEAKER: Order! That is a frivolous point of order, Mr Berry.
Mr Berry: I will raise the issue of digression again. That is not frivolous.
MR COLLAERY: Well, stop the clock.
Mr Berry: No, I do not think the clock ought to be stopped.
MR SPEAKER: Thank you, Mr Berry. Do not debate the issue. Please speak to the debate.
MR COLLAERY: Mr Speaker, I will want injury time soon. I turn to page 5, Mr Speaker, and what do we have here? We have the words "a classic example of political kite flying". You can imagine the acolyte that drafted this for her, Mr Speaker. It says, "There is vague talk of school closures". Mr Speaker, this is a vague Opposition that has a vague concept of government.
Mr Berry: On a point of order, Mr Speaker; I am going to persist with this point of order until Mr Collaery sticks to the issue of the budget strategy.
MR SPEAKER: Mr Berry, I believe Mr Collaery is commenting on comments previously made in this debate. Please proceed, Mr Collaery.
MR COLLAERY: Mr Speaker, I am troubled by the fact that Mr Berry feels that this issue is trivial and he can knock
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