Page 1551 - Week 05 - Thursday, 18 April 1991
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DR KINLOCH: Mr Speaker, I ask whether the transcript of that broadcast could be tabled. I am now paraphrasing what I said because I do not have the words in front of me. I ask the people in the Public Affairs Unit to discover what was said either on the 12.30 or one o'clock news. I am not sure which one I was listening to. The paraphrase is roughly this: I wish to applaud the Chief Minister on the careful way, over a long period of time, in which he has kept an arm's length distance from this matter and the way in which he has conducted himself in the matter of the casino tender. That is what I said publicly.
MR CONNOLLY: Pursuant to standing order 46, I seek to make a statement. I claim to have been misrepresented.
MR SPEAKER: Please proceed, Mr Connolly.
MR CONNOLLY: Mr Speaker, during question time this afternoon, the Chief Minister on several occasions was stating that members of the Opposition, in contrast to his party when in Opposition, never support the Government and never have a positive thing to say about the Government. I will refer him to the following pages of Hansard of this year only, where members of the Opposition expressly support or congratulate the Government on aspects of administration: Mr Berry at page 323 in relation to the Poisons and Drugs (Amendment) Bill, Mr Berry again at page 327 in relation to the Drugs of Dependence (Amendment) Bill, Mrs Grassby at page 1009 in relation to the Stock Bill, Ms Follett at page 1042 in relation to the administration of the Canberra Festival, and me at pages 790 and following in relation to weapons when I spoke in quite glowing terms of the Attorney-General's legislation. That is from just two minutes' research. Mr Speaker, the statement that the Opposition never is supportive of Government initiatives is simply false.
MR KAINE (Chief Minister): Mr Speaker, I would like to respond to that.
MR SPEAKER: Do you claim to have been misrepresented too?
MR KAINE: Yes, I think I have been misrepresented. In the heat of the moment we often do overstate the case. I must admit that the occasions are so rare that for the moment they escaped me. I am appreciative of Mr Connolly bringing those matters to my attention.
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY - SECRETARIAT
Report
MR SPEAKER: I table for the information of members the 1989-90 annual report for the ACT Legislative Assembly Secretariat.
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