Page 1696 - Week 07 - Tuesday, 29 May 1990
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MR BERRY: Do you remember George? You would know him well.
Mr Kaine: No, I am talking about Mr Duby, one of your mates.
MR BERRY: He is having a shot at Mr Duby now.
Mr Kaine: No, I am having a shot at you.
MR SPEAKER: Order! Mr Kaine, please address your comments through the Chair.
MR BERRY: You would remember George Ian Sinclair, would you not? Mick Young stood aside in relation to the Combe-Ivanoff affair. He stood down over the Paddington Bear affair. Michael MacKellar, one of your mates, failed to disclose to Customs that the TV was colour and not black-and-white. Then in April 1982 there was the Customs Minister who told John Moore not to worry about the breach of Customs regulations. Both men lost their ministries over their actions. And what does this Chief Minister do? Nothing. It is outrageous. The people of Canberra are aware of the situation and they will be more aware of it as this debate goes on.
The issue of ministerial impropriety is paramount if this Assembly is to achieve anything for the future of Canberra. There are a number of people in the Government opposite who do not care about the future of the Assembly because as far as they are concerned it has got no future. But, as I have said before, I and the remainder of my colleagues in the Labor Opposition do care about the future of self-government in the ACT. We will work hard to ensure that issues such as this are brought to public attention, and we will make sure that in the future they unload the people who are at the centre of it.
It is an outrage to the people of Canberra that we should have a hypocrite as a Minister. This man has been described in the media as a hypocrite. He has behaved as a hypocrite politically and he has behaved as a hypocrite in relation to this matter of the drink-driving offence. It is a serious matter and, as the Canberra Times rightly said, his hypocrisy in this matter far surpasses his hypocrisy in standing as a No Self Government Party candidate, but it really comes down to the issue of Mr Kaine's behaviour in the matter.
After discussions with Mrs Nolan, it was clear to the public that there was pressure on Mrs Nolan to resign. Mrs Nolan obviously cares about the Liberal Party and she cares about its future, in the same way as Labor Party members would care about the future of the Labor Party. We might not have similar views about the future of each other's parties, but Labor Party members are concerned about the Labor Party and Mrs Nolan is concerned about the future of the Liberal Party. She is concerned about the future of
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