Page 2602 - Week 09 - Wednesday, 8 August 1990
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Mr Kaine: That is not true. I did not propose a budget surplus, you twit!
MR BERRY: That is a bit unparliamentary; it should be withdrawn.
MR ACTING SPEAKER: No, "twit" is all right; it is not unparliamentary. You can use it too, if you like, Mr Berry. I have a definition here of what is unparliamentary in relation to members calling each other names. Please continue with your personal explanation.
MR BERRY: The Chief Minister has admitted a budget surplus.
Mr Kaine: Yes, that is true but not on a budget that we proposed. Get your words right.
MR BERRY: That is fine - a budget surplus. He has admitted that that budget surplus happened in relation to the first Follett budget. There has also been an admission that the plans to close schools occurred at the same time.
Mr Collaery: I raise a point of order, Mr Acting Speaker.
MR ACTING SPEAKER: No. Let us just hear from him, Mr Collaery.
Mr Collaery: He takes a long time to get to the point.
MR BERRY: It takes a little while for it to sink in. My question was misrepresented. My question to Mr Humphries read as follows:
Were you aware that the Chief Minister was proposing a budget surplus ...
Mr Kaine: I was not proposing a budget surplus.
MR BERRY: Did it happen accidentally?
Mr Kaine: I did not propose it. What are you talking about? I did not propose a budget surplus. As a result of good management - - -
MR ACTING SPEAKER: Order! I am trying to ascertain whether there is a misrepresentation.
Mr Kaine: I never proposed a budget surplus at any point; not in connection with her budget or mine.
MR BERRY: I refer to the Hansard. The Chief Minister said:
After making some very significant decisions after we took government, we brought in last year's budget with a budget surplus.
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