Page 4846 - Week 16 - Thursday, 29 November 1990
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MR BERRY (3.55): I must say that it is a coincidence - or is it a coincidence? - that the ministerial statement on World AIDS Day follows the tabling of an ACT Discrimination Bill which will, of course, deal with discrimination against people living with AIDS. It is a great pity that this Government has not seen fit to introduce the Bill for debate properly, but has been - - -
MR SPEAKER: Relevance, Mr Berry.
MR BERRY: It is about World AIDS Day and people living with AIDS.
Mr Humphries: It has nothing to do with World AIDS Day. You are corrupting the good work done on that.
MR BERRY: The words I heard from Mr Humphries were, "You are corrupting the good work done on this". That is an outrageous remark and I demand that it be withdrawn.
Mr Collaery: Nonsense. You are corrupting the debate, and that is a legitimate argument.
MR SPEAKER: I think that the interpretation of the word "corrupting" is valid, Mr Berry, under the circumstances.
MR BERRY: He said that I am corrupting the good work that has been done on this issue. That is an outrageous allegation. I will not accept it and I demand that it be withdrawn. There is no way that I would work against those people who are working to assist people living with AIDS. Mr Humphries suggests that I have corrupted that process, and I want it withdrawn.
Mr Collaery: He was talking about the Bill.
MR SPEAKER: He was talking about the debate before the chamber, not the actual - - -
Ms Follett: No, he was not.
MR SPEAKER: I interpreted it that way. Please proceed. I will look at the words as recorded in Hansard and get back to the Assembly.
MR BERRY: I am sure I will be vindicated. Mr Speaker, it is a great pity that this Government has not dealt with this legislation. It is a great pity too, and I think the people of the ACT recognise it, that the Government has been more occupied - in fact, preoccupied - with preventing the Labor Party from introducing and debating a Bill which set out to free the Territory of discrimination of all kinds. Now - - -
Mr Collaery: All kinds? What about religious and political? They were not in your Bill.
MR SPEAKER: Order, Mr Collaery!
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