Page 4875 - Week 16 - Thursday, 29 November 1990
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MR JENSEN (5.22), in reply: I wish to very briefly take up a point that Mr Berry made. I would suggest that in his closing remarks he argued against himself because during his initial comments on this report he was quite pleased with this report. Once again, it seems that it is a bit like when Mr Berry gets a legal opinion - he is prepared to accept one half of it, but if he does not agree with the other half he is not happy with it.
Mr Berry: On a point of order: what is the relevance of the legal opinion that he is talking about?
MR SPEAKER: Mr Berry, if you do not know, what is your point of order?
Mr Berry: It is obviously not relevant to the matter that is before this place. It is the report of the Standing Committee on Planning, Development and Infrastructure.
MR SPEAKER: Order, Mr Berry! Mr Jensen, please get to the point.
Mr Berry: I think he is talking about another report. I am sure he is.
MR SPEAKER: All right, thank you. I have upheld your position, Mr Berry. Mr Jensen, please speak to the point.
MR JENSEN: I believe that I was speaking to the point, Mr Speaker, but Mr Berry was unfortunately not listening. I was referring to some comments that Mr Berry made during his statement, and I was suggesting that Mr Berry once again was trying to have two bob each way, as he has done on a number of occasions. I was supporting my argument by suggesting what other occasion that was. So I believe that it was quite appropriate for me to use that reference.
But what I was really suggesting was that once again Mr Berry is seeking to suggest that he is happy with the report; he thinks it is a great report; he agrees with it; so how could there be any bias in it? If it was different from how he thought it was going to come out, maybe he could then say that there is some sort of bias in it.
I am just suggesting, Mr Speaker, that Mr Berry is playing games, as usual, and I think it is about time he learnt to perform this operation in a much more statesmanlike way.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
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