Page 2158 - Week 08 - Wednesday, 6 June 1990
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They say we have not gone far enough. The motion makes no reference - - -
Mr Berry: You have not done anything yet.
Dr Kinloch: Mr Speaker, I refer to standing order 61. Mr Berry interrupted the speaker.
MR SPEAKER: Thank you, Dr Kinloch. Please proceed, Mr Humphries.
MR HUMPHRIES: Mr Speaker, the motion does not make any reference at all to the Government's announcement yesterday. It makes no reference to the achievements of the Government in settling the uncertainty to which the motion actually refers, if anything. The motion directly refers to uncertainty caused by recent announcements. Given the very solid nature of what was said yesterday - the very reassuring nature of what was said yesterday - it is incumbent on the Opposition to have the manliness to come back to this place and amend their motion to acknowledge that the Government has substantially dispelled uncertainty about the future of the Griffin Centre. Incidentally, the uncertainty was generated largely by the Opposition. The Government has largely dispelled that uncertainty, and the Opposition ought now to be acknowledging in a forthright and gracious manner the fact that that has occurred.
But they are not prepared to do that. They are running on fear. They are more anxious to make people worried and concerned about what is happening in the Territory, to play on fear, than they are to actually make any positive contribution. I think the occasions when this Opposition has come back and actually said anything at all positive about this Government are extremely few and far between. You could probably count the occasions on the fingers of one hand, and even then with three of the five fingers tucked down. I think that we ought to be wondering whether this Opposition is very responsible at all.
I have not followed the issues surrounding the backwards and forwards debate about the Griffin Centre very closely, but I recall turning on my television last night and seeing representatives of the Griffin Centre congratulating the Government on its stand. Where does the Opposition stand on that particular issue? Are they saying that those Friends of the Griffin Centre are wrong?
Members interjected.
Dr Kinloch: Mr Speaker, I raise standing order 61.
MR SPEAKER: Order! Thank you, Dr Kinloch.
Mr Moore: On a point of order, Mr Speaker; I ask that Dr Kinloch be drawn to order under standing order 202(e). You have made a ruling on this and he is ignoring it.
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