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MR COLLAERY (Attorney-General) (11.50): I rise to address a very important aspect of the Labor Party's approach on this issue, and that is their increasing support for voters' veto. There have been some interesting reactions lately from the Labor Party on a range of issues that clearly support a voters' veto on issues between election periods.
Mr Moore: I raise a point of order. Standing order 62 refers to irrelevance. Mr Collaery's remarks have no relevance whatsoever to this issue.
MR SPEAKER: Thank you, Mr Moore. Mr Collaery, please debate the issue.
MR COLLAERY: Mr Speaker, I am addressing the very remarks that Mr Berry made, and I could not imagine in law - - -
Mr Berry: I raise a point of order, Mr Speaker. I think that Mr Collaery claimed that we were supporting voters' veto.
MR COLLAERY: Yes, you are.
Mr Berry: Then I claim to have been misrepresented.
MR SPEAKER: Order! You will have an opportunity to make your statement on misrepresentation, if you so wish, at the end of Mr Collaery's speech.
MR COLLAERY: We will analyse the Hansard. I wish to address my clear recollection of what Mr Berry said.
Mr Berry: I raise a point of order under standing order 62, irrelevance or tedious repetition. This is irrelevant.
MR SPEAKER: Thank you, Mr Berry. Please proceed, Mr Collaery.
MR COLLAERY: Mr Speaker, these points of order are frivolous and they are preventing me from speaking. I seek the protection and indulgence of the Chair to speak.
MR SPEAKER: Mr Collaery, please! You are imputing that I am not protecting you.
MR COLLAERY: I am imploring you as Speaker to allow me to address this Assembly in this debate.
MR SPEAKER: I am doing so. Please proceed.
MR COLLAERY: In relation to the decision taken by Mr Duby, the supposed unilateral decision to close the Ainslie Transfer Station, Mr Berry said that there was no mandate in anyone's agenda to close that tip. Clearly, Mr Berry is supporting in principle voters' veto. This is highly significant and I think it should not be lost on the media.
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