Page 1274 - Week 05 - Tuesday, 16 April 1991
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Mr Kaine: On a point of order, Mr Speaker: Mr Berry, in seeking to make a personal explanation, said that he had been misrepresented in terms of a comment that he had made about the ambulance drivers. All that he is now talking about is totally irrelevant to that point. I again request that he be confined to the matter on which he has sought to make a statement.
MR SPEAKER: Thank you, Chief Minister. I uphold your objection.
MR BERRY: I will not confine myself to the ambulance officers because there are other issues as well on which I was misrepresented in question time.
Mr Kaine: That is not what he sought to do. He asked to make a statement under section 46 on a specific matter that he identified. We did not identify the subject matter; he did. He should confine himself to it.
MR SPEAKER: I am under the impression that he sought leave to make a personal explanation because he had been misrepresented.
Mr Kaine: In connection with a particular matter that Hansard will show.
MR SPEAKER: I do not believe that that is the case, Chief Minister. Mr Berry, I would ask you to conclude your remarks as quickly as possible.
MR BERRY: I will keep it as brief as I possibly can. There were a number of issues which were touched upon by Ministers and which have to be addressed. They cannot go unanswered.
Mr Kaine: Mr Speaker, this is a gross abuse of standing orders. He is now attempting to open up debate not only on what Mr Humphries said but also on what other Ministers said. We have to draw a line somewhere.
MR SPEAKER: Again, I uphold your objection, Chief Minister. Mr Berry, please conclude your remarks.
MR BERRY: Mr Speaker, you gave me permission to speak, pursuant to standing order 46, on the basis that I had been misrepresented. I intend to pursue that line.
Mr Jensen: You were specific.
MR BERRY: I was not specific.
Mr Jensen: You were very specific.
MR SPEAKER: Order! Order, Mr Jensen and Mr Berry!
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