Page 3418 - Week 12 - Wednesday, 19 September 1990
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MR KAINE: I am not going into any panic. I am saying that this motion and those words say something about the drafter of the motion, rather than about other members of this Assembly. Finally, the requirement that all hearings be held in public could become a bit of a problem, given that the committee necessarily would be dealing with highly sensitive issues, and it is not a legal tribunal.
As I said, I can see some real problems with the central theme behind this proposition, and I think that the Leader of the Opposition needs to think it through much more carefully and thoroughly before she seriously puts it forward.
I said that I thought that there was a question of resources and whether we could afford it. Ms Follett's motion calls for her standing committee to be provided with the necessary staff facilities and resources, as all committees should be.
Mr Berry: It would not cost any more than the Priorities Review Board.
MR KAINE: It will not pay off in real dollar terms like that board either.
Mr Berry: I thought the Priorities Review Board was not on your agenda. You promised that it was not.
MR SPEAKER: Order, Mr Berry, please!
MR KAINE: I think you want to go back into your cage. In this case we are talking about a fairly costly thing; you have to provide a committee secretary and all of the other support that goes with that. We have been through this debate many times about whether the Assembly requires or can afford additional committees, and this is no different.
Mr Berry: You never worried about that when the Priorities Review Board was invented.
MR KAINE: The Priorities Review Board had nothing to do with the staffing of this Assembly and it had nothing to do with the budget of this Assembly.
Mr Berry: You are a bit touchy about that these days, aren't you?
MR KAINE: I suggest again that you get back in your cage.
Mr Berry: You use public moneys.
MR KAINE: I see that you are still wearing your second prize ribbon, too.
MR SPEAKER: Order! Chief Minister, please resume your seat. Mr Berry, every time you speak you stop when anyone
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