Page 4321 - Week 15 - Tuesday, 20 November 1990
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Administration and Procedures. That being the case, Mr Speaker, I would suggest that three Ministers have questioned the role that this Assembly plays and the role that you play in approving these trips. I would suggest that they are indicating a lack of confidence in you. They are getting carried away. Whilst Ms Follett withdrew her comment about their being drunk - - -
Ms Follett: I was being kind, I thought.
MR MOORE: She was being kind. Whilst they might not be drunk, they have certainly been acting as though they are.
Mr Kaine: Was that a personal explanation or another attack?
MR MOORE: I withdraw it, Mr Speaker. There is one other point that I wish to make. On a number of occasions this evening I mentioned that it was a report without dissent and I still hold that view. Looking through the minutes, you will see that there was a vote by Mr Jensen on a number of occasions - I do not remember them specifically - as, indeed, there were votes by other members who did not agree on particular issues.
MR HUMPHRIES (Minister for Health, Education and the Arts): Mr Speaker, I want to make a personal explanation.
MR SPEAKER: Please proceed.
MR HUMPHRIES: Ms Follett, in the course of her remarks - she has left - said that none of the Ministers had commented on any of the recommendations in the Estimates Committee report. I cannot speak for other Ministers, but I can certainly draw her attention to remarks that I made in my comments to which apparently she was not attentive.
Mr Duby: She was not here for them.
MR HUMPHRIES: She probably was not here for them, so I wonder how her comments could be made in the first place. I commented favourably on the recommendation in paragraph 3.61, namely, that there be a standard form for supplementary information. I also commented favourably on recommendation 4.10, on the earlier establishment of an Estimates committee in each parliamentary year.
MR COLLAERY (Attorney-General): I also seek leave to make a personal explanation.
MR SPEAKER: Please proceed.
MR COLLAERY: I will make it brief. In question time today and again tonight Mr Moore has imputed that there is a sum of $180 that I have somehow improperly retained or obtained. It is not clear what his allegation is, and I note that it has not been made outside the house. I remind the house that Mr Moore, through his membership of the
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