Page 1864 - Week 06 - Wednesday, 1 May 1991
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Question resolved in the affirmative.
Bill agreed to in principle.
Leave granted to dispense with the detail stage.
Bill agreed to.
PUBLIC TRUSTEE (AMENDMENT) BILL 1991
Consideration resumed from 18 April 1991, on motion by Mr Collaery:
That this Bill be agreed to in principle.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
Bill agreed to in principle.
Leave granted to dispense with the detail stage.
Bill agreed to.
ADJOURNMENT
May Day
MR COLLAERY (Deputy Chief Minister) (4.23): I move:
That the Assembly do now adjourn.
Since it is May Day I will give Mr Berry his chance to speak first.
May Day
MR BERRY (4.23): It is May Day and this is a traditional day of celebration for the labour movement, in both its industrial and political wings. It is of particular significance this year because it is the centenary of the Labor Party, the political wing of the labour movement. Many of us will remember from our studies of the labour movement that it did start in Barcaldine. It was founded in the great shearers strike of 1891. That was a strike against the squattocracy of the day. It was about workers organising to defend themselves, to defend their working conditions, to improve them, and, of course, to defend their rights as workers. Since then the movement has worked to organise to improve the lot of workers, and the trade union movement has excelled in that respect. I think that on May Day we have to remember the significant
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