Page 803 - Week 03 - Tuesday, 12 March 1991
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statement in opposition to the war, the whole anti-war statement put up by Dr Kinloch, was to attack Dr Kinloch. We know that that came from Mr Berry because Dr Kinloch made the fatal mistake of congratulating Israel. Of course, to a leftist like Mr Berry, that is like a red rag to a bull and naturally has to be attacked.
Personal Explanation
DR KINLOCH: Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation. First of all, over the last two-and-a-half years I have had much respect for Mr Berry on a number of issues. Indeed, we stood together outside the South African Embassy on matters related to the internal affairs of that country, and I join with him in his opposition to war. I wish just to say that my colleagues on this side of the house in effect said to me, "Hector, you must do what you want to do on that particular issue", and I thank them for that. I thought the most appropriate thing that I could do was go to a vigil for peace.
Personal Explanation
MR BERRY: Mr Speaker, we have just heard the most gutless attack on a member in this house by Mr Duby. It cannot go without a response. Mr Duby, in the most gutless and misleading way, attempted to impugn my character by suggesting that in some way I supported a situation where some of the allied people in that war should have been killed to match the deaths on the other side. That was the imputation and that cannot be denied. It has to be refuted.
Fancy this low thing over here standing up and trying to impugn my character after some of the things he has done in this Assembly. I am not going to sit back and tolerate that sort of stuff from this grub.
Mr Humphries: I take a point of order. Mr Speaker, I think a number of terms Mr Berry has used are unparliamentary, such as "grub" and "low thing". I ask him to withdraw those.
Mr Connolly: So "treachery" and "treason" are all right.
Mr Duby: I never said "treachery" or "treason".
MR SPEAKER: Order! I do not believe that those words were used by Mr Duby. Mr Berry, I would ask you to refrain from using such language. It does nothing for this parliament, when used by either side.
MR BERRY: I feel provoked and I am quite happy to respond to it because - - -
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