Page 2950 - Week 10 - Thursday, 16 August 1990
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the people in Canberra have had enough of him. The sooner they see the back of him, the better.
Mr Duby: He might run against Paul in Fraser.
MRS GRASSBY: Forget it. Forget it. Even Paul Whalan would beat Humphries. Even Paul Whalan would beat him. So do not worry about that, Mr Duby. The whole of Canberra has lost confidence in this Minister. You have only to go to school meeting after school meeting. You have only to listen to a lady in the gallery the other day. She said, "Even if I get thrown out, I do not care. I have said it. Shame, Mr Humphries, shame!" - and that is what it is all about. Shame, Mr Humphries. You are the man who is changing this city. The city that people - - -
Mr Humphries: Did you say, "Shave, Mr Humphries, shave"?
MRS GRASSBY: Shame, Mr Humphries, shame, yes.
Mr Humphries: I have not shaved in a long time, Ellnor.
MRS GRASSBY: No; "shame", not "shave". If you did shave, it might improve your image. I tell you what, nothing else would improve it. Maybe that would.
Mr Berry: You have not seen what is underneath that.
MRS GRASSBY: No - though they always say that a man who wears a beard is trying to hide something. Obviously he is trying to hide the fact that he is changing this city - for a hidden agenda. The hidden agenda is that the Liberal Party, of which Mr Humphries is a member, is anti-public school education and anti-public health - and that is well known wherever they are. They close down schools and they close down education, and this is exactly what Mr Humphries is doing. As far as the people in Canberra are concerned, they will tell Mr Humphries that at the next election, as they will tell most of them over there. Maybe Robyn will be back. They will feel sorry for Robyn and we will have Robyn back; but Mr Humphries will not be here, I can tell you. Maybe Bill will be back. He made such a good Speaker, Mr Speaker - I am sorry - while you were away. I have to commend him. He was such a great Speaker while you were away. His jolliness and his happiness brightened up the place. Maybe Bill will be back and maybe Robyn will be back, but not Mr Humphries.
MR STEFANIAK (11.51): I do not know whether that is the kiss of death or whether I should thank her; but, anyway, I always enjoy listening to Ellnor's speeches. I wonder where Mr Moore, or Mr H, has gone. Perhaps that should be "H" for Houdini, the great escape artist and illusionist who twists and turns out of every situation. Here he is - without his T-shirt.
Firstly, I do not think we can avoid the most obvious fact in this entire debate and that is that the Federal
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