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that time it may not have enough people to provide for the six ministries, which was a problem for Labor in the first government of this parliament.
With those few little thoughts, Mr Speaker, I will leave this debate, having expressed, more than anything, a disinterest in this, other than to say that the timing is totally inappropriate and that this Government will further bring into disrepute the reputation of this Assembly.
MR BERRY, by leave: Concerned parents from Higgins Primary, Mr Speaker, have been at the Legislative Assembly all day.
MR WOOD (4.29): Mr Speaker, I want to make some brief comments at this late stage of the debate and draw out the similarity between the debate now and the debate on education matters - especially the one on the motion of censure that we moved this morning. The Government uses the same tactics - - -
ADJOURNMENT
MR SPEAKER: Order, Mr Wood! It being 4.30 pm, I propose the question:
That the Assembly do now adjourn.
Mr Collaery: Mr Speaker, I require the question to be put forthwith without debate.
Question resolved in the negative.
MINISTERS - NUMBER APPOINTED
Debate resumed.
MR WOOD: The Government is employing the same tactics in two debates. When we raised the motion of censure against Mr Humphries, what was the Government's tactic? It was to attack the ALP. It gave no justification for its own actions; it did not seek to defend the Minister for Education. Perhaps its grounds were rather spurious, but one would have thought there would have been a spirited defence of its Minister. The same tactics apply in this debate; that is, it has been very largely, although not entirely I concede, an attack on the ALP. One would have thought we would have a better argued case for the fifth ministry. I would not want members opposite to appear for me in any court or any arbitration area, because I do not think they put up a very good case.
It is intriguing to speculate on how things may develop. There are 10 members on the other side. Out of five
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