Page 1170 - Week 04 - Thursday, 21 March 1991
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those areas. We should bear in mind that enrolled nurses are less qualified and, in a sense, less employable than registered nurses. I stand by my original statement and I reject any notion that I have misled the Assembly.
PERSONAL EXPLANATIONS
MS FOLLETT (Leader of the Opposition): Mr Speaker, under standing order 46, I wish to make a statement.
MR SPEAKER: Do you claim to have been misrepresented?
MS FOLLETT: I do.
MR SPEAKER: Please proceed.
MS FOLLETT: I thank you, Mr Speaker. On Tuesday in the discussion of the matter of public importance on Weston Creek, Mr Collaery claimed that my comments regarding the Weston Creek Community Service were inaccurate. In particular, Mr Collaery claimed that I, as a member of the ALP in this Assembly:
... trade off ignorance, prejudice and ideological standpoints and ... fall like a vulture on every issue that can sway people who probably do not have time to take a very full interest in public affairs.
Mr Speaker, in opposition to my comments, Mr Collaery claimed:
There has been no reduction of community services at Weston Creek.
Mr Collaery also claimed that the Weston Creek Community Service, in relation to the conditions of their lease, "know them full well". Mr Collaery further stated, opposing my argument, that the Weston Creek Community Service did know the source of additional rental funds. Indeed, he said:
They were told by me, they have been told by my department on numerous occasions, that we will meet the costs of the extra rent.
Mr Collaery also said:
... were there any representatives of the Weston Creek Community Service here now they would - - -
Mr Jensen: I raise a point of order, Mr Speaker. I do not believe that what I am hearing is a personal explanation. It seems to me that it is continuing on with the debate that was raised the other day. It is certainly not a personal explanation, in my view. I listened carefully for a moment, but it certainly was not that, in my view.
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