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you do not want to defend him. You sat down in your joint party room this morning and decided you would divert this tactic.
Mr Jensen: That must have been a meeting I did not know about, Bill.
MR WOOD: No? Well, your tacticians. You did not even get a chance to say how it would be done; that is revealing too. It was decided for you that you would not defend your Minister.
Mr Duby: That is not true.
MR WOOD: Well, I am waiting for you. Are you going to stand up - - -
Mr Duby: I certainly will.
MR WOOD: And are you going to defend your Minister?
Mr Duby: Absolutely, absolutely.
MR WOOD: As I said before, that is very worrying - that Mr Humphries has to rely on Mr Duby's support. So what do we have? We have a tirade by Mr Collaery about the ALP. Well, I need say no more; I really need not. You have made the case for the ALP most effectively. I know how you feel. I understand why you are not prepared to get up and support Mr Humphries; I know that. I know the background of things, so your proposal here is a logical sidestep to avoid the necessary defence of Mr Humphries. Thank you, opposition, you make our point.
Mr Berry: Mr Speaker, I raise a point of order. Mr Speaker, I draw your attention to the word "deception" as it appears in the amendment moved by Mr Collaery. That is unparliamentary and must be ruled out of order.
MR SPEAKER: Thank you, Mr Berry. I am researching that exact issue at this time. I will allow the debate to proceed until I have read further into the parliamentary procedure on that. Please proceed, Dr Kinloch.
DR KINLOCH (11.14): I wish to talk about my friend and colleague Gary Humphries, the Minister for Health, Education and the Arts. I have known Gary - and I hope you will allow me to say "Gary"; I have already said "Mr Humphries".
Ms Follett: No.
DR KINLOCH: No? All right. I have known Mr Humphries for many years, first of all when he was President of the Students Association when I was Dean of Students. There are few so demanding jobs. I was then impressed by his devotion to duty, his courtesy and his ability to do his homework - I would like to stress that - on a range of
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