Page 3879 - Week 14 - Tuesday, 23 October 1990
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homework well. They have sifted through the evidence and they have expertly built up their case. Let us be clear about that, Mr Speaker. I do not know quite what to compare their efforts with because they do not appear to put half as much effort into most of the things that are debated in the Assembly as they have put into their pursuit of evidence on this matter.
It would appear that the evidence suggests, Mr Speaker, that I have committed a heinous crime. I have not listened to the tape and I have not read the transcript because, quite frankly, Mr Speaker, I do not have the time.
Mr Connolly: But you had the time to deny it on Thursday and make up a pathetic excuse.
MR SPEAKER: Order!
MR KAINE: I was going to say, Mr Speaker, that, quite frankly, I really do not have a great or accurate recollection of the events because it was an aside during the course of a debate, and I do not recall all the asides that I make; nor do I bring up all the asides that are made by the people opposite. I think that, if we went through the transcript and had a look at some of the things that they say that appear in the transcript, they might be a little red-faced over this matter, because they make lots of statements during the course of a debate that they think are not being recorded either; but, in fact - - -
Mr Wood: But we do not attack each other.
MR KAINE: You do not? The interesting thing is, Mr Speaker, that, when Mr Connolly got up the other day in high dudgeon and started to interrogate me about what I had said, he may not recall whether he accused me of saying "ex-Speaker" or "ex-Minister".
Mr Berry: On a point of order, Mr Speaker: we have been fairly relaxed about the Chief Minister's approach to this, but the standing orders do call for a concise answer and - - -
MR SPEAKER: Thank you for your observation, Mr Berry.
MR KAINE: He had better be a bit more relaxed, Mr Speaker, because I have not finished yet. They asked me a question, and they are going to get the answer.
Mr Berry: Mr Speaker, I think the Chief Minister has to accept that you have the speakership in this place and not him.
MR SPEAKER: Thank you, Mr Berry, for your observation. Please bring it to a close as soon as possible, Chief Minister.
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