Page 2580 - Week 09 - Wednesday, 8 August 1990
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MR ACTING SPEAKER: Thank you, Chief Minister.
MR BERRY: That is the reason why I withdrew the word. I knew that the Chief Minister was sensitive about that word and I should not have used it. I withdrew it because it made him so tetchy.
MR ACTING SPEAKER: Thank you both for withdrawing it. Now please continue, Mr Berry!
MR BERRY: The absurd position of the Government opposite, which is embarrassed and does not want to face up to the music any longer, means that it uses any obstacle to block the debate on those important Bills which would prevent this Government's atrocities from being implemented. It is closing schools and destroying the education system. It is ripping the guts out of the health system.
Mr Kaine: I raise a point of order, Mr Acting Speaker. I must draw attention to the relevance of what Mr Berry is saying. As I understand it, schools have nothing to do with the matter at hand.
MR ACTING SPEAKER: Quite so, Chief Minister. Yes, we are dealing with the hospital and the transfer station, Mr Berry.
MR BERRY: Aside from what the Government is doing to the schools, Mr Acting Speaker, it is ripping the guts out of the health system. Of course, Mr Collaery is ensuring that his party's policies are destroyed. The electorate feels misled because of Mr Collaery's actions and it is correct to feel that way because the Residents Rally members in this place have ratted on the policies upon which they were elected. The Liberals have said nothing, as usual - their policies are hollow. They get themselves elected by sleight of hand and then reap carnage upon community assets. That is what is wrong with this Government. It is tearing the guts out of those community facilities; it has no conscience about it. With these moves it is trying to stop debate on the issues. Government members are embarrassed because the pressure is on and it will stay on.
The likes of Dr Kinloch over here have been exposed. He is the one who said that he was not happy with the school closures and then he moved the motion that they be closed. What duplicity!
Mr Moore: Moral corruption.
MR BERRY: I cannot in any way interpret that to be other than duplicity.
Mr Jensen: I raise a point of order, Mr Acting Speaker. From behind the pillar over here I have twice heard the word "corruption" in interjections. I request that it be withdrawn.
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