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PERSONAL EXPLANATION
MR COLLAERY (Attorney-General): Mr Speaker, I wish to make a short personal statement.
MR SPEAKER: Do you claim to have been misrepresented?
MR COLLAERY: I claim to have been misrepresented.
MR SPEAKER: Please proceed.
MR COLLAERY: I believe that I was misrepresented by a suggestion from across the floor that I am a racist. But, at the same time, on discussing a remark I made with a colleague here, I believe that my remark is capable of misinterpretation. That is the remark I made referring to Mrs Grassby's electoral supporters as the vowel brigade. I unreservedly withdraw any imputation that I am reflecting on her constituents. That was a statement made in the heat of the moment in response to a criticism of my Law Office.
MRS GRASSBY: Mr Speaker, I withdraw the remark in which I called Mr Collaery a racist because I took that statement to be a very racist statement. In view of the fact that he has withdrawn it, I withdraw my remark.
SCRUTINY OF BILLS AND SUBORDINATE LEGISLATION - STANDING COMMITTEE
Reports and Statement
MS MAHER, by leave: I present the following reports:
Scrutiny of Bills and Subordinate Legislation - Standing Committee - Reports Nos 4 and 5 of 1991, dated 4 and 20 March 1991.
Report No. 4, which I have just tabled, details the Committee's comments on the Stock Bill 1991 and the Government's response to the Trade Measurement Bill 1990. The report was presented pursuant to the committee's resolution of appointment on 4 March 1991. Report No. 5 details the committee's comments on the Consumer Affairs (Amendment) Bill 1991, the Criminal Injuries Compensation (Amendment) Bill 1991, the Occupational Health and Safety (Amendment) Bill 1991 and the City Area Leases (Amendment) Bill 1991, together with three pieces of subordinate legislation and the Government's response on the Stock Bill 1991. I commend the reports to the Assembly.
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