Page 3199 - Week 11 - Thursday, 13 September 1990
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The Government welcomes support for this committee. Although the Leader of the Opposition has got up and supported it, Mr Berry clearly does not support it. He does not like it. He has been interjecting throughout the debate. The Leader of the Opposition, in her usual style, left the chamber as soon as she spoke. Mr Berry now has the opportunity to get to his feet and state whether he supports this legislation or not. I challenge him to get up now and give us his views - he is free to speak - before Mr Wood speaks.
Mr Berry: We have not seen the legislation, Bernard. We have not seen it yet.
MR COLLAERY: I am referring to the recommendations of the committee. I challenge Mr Berry now to put his mouth where his statements are.
MR MOORE (10.55): Mr Speaker, I made a submission to the Public Accounts Committee on this particular matter, and I think it is quite appropriate at this time to share with the Assembly and the community some of the points I made in that submission. I would like to have the opportunity of providing a brief submission to detail some of my own views. My main reason for doing so is that, having declared my independence from the Residents Rally at the time, I did not wish to be bound by any submission which may have been made, in effect, on my behalf in the past.
I find myself in basic disagreement with what I believe to be a central tenet of the Residents Rally's position, namely, that corruption can be effectively handled only by the establishment of a permanent commission of some form similar to the Independent Commission Against Corruption now operating in New South Wales. Such a model is patently unsuitable for us to follow because - - -
Mr Jensen: It is not on the list, Michael. When did you give it to us? It is not on the list.
MR MOORE: It is actually, Mr Jensen. If you read it, you will see. The different tiers of government - - -
Mr Jensen: Wrong one. Sorry, Mr Moore, wrong one.
MR MOORE: I understand by that, Mr Jensen, that you joined in your committee's report and obviously did not read it.
Mr Jensen: No, wrong one, Mr Moore. I was looking at the wrong list. I apologise.
MR MOORE: It just goes to show your sort of contribution to this committee and I say, "Shame on you".
Mr Jensen: I apologise, Mr Moore. I was looking at the wrong report.
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