Page 2511 - Week 09 - Wednesday, 7 August 1991
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where I agree with Mr Duby - needs to be made quickly so that the divisiveness that was started by that Minister and by the Alliance Government continues for as short a time as possible.
MR COLLAERY (12.14): As my colleague Dr Kinloch points out, this motion of Mrs Nolan's was somewhat premature. Worse still, it took off the agenda an important issue that brought a large number of people to this Assembly. We did no good service to the Assembly by playing this game this morning and knocking out Mr Stevenson's debate.
Mr Jensen: We are not on the Administration and Procedures Committee. We do not have a vote on the committee any more.
MR COLLAERY: We have also been excluded from that committee as well. The fact of the matter is that you knew last night, when you put Mrs Nolan's motion on, that you would knock out Dennis' debate. His debate would have continued for days; you know it.
Mrs Grassby: I am the representative of the Government on that committee and I voted against Mrs Nolan's motion. I would like that to be known now. Mrs Nolan convinced the rest of the committee that her motion was very important. I will not have that said.
MR COLLAERY: Mr Speaker, I withdraw unreservedly any suggestion that Mrs Grassby was party to Mrs Nolan's motion. This motion is premature. As I understand it and as the background will show, there is a move in the Weston Creek area by one Kevin Gill, among others, a former preselected Labor candidate, to establish a Weston Creek community council. The Liberal Party and the Labor Party are very interested in this topic because they want to get involved in establishing a Weston Creek council, so the school becomes a battleground between the duopoly again.
The fact is that, when Mr David Knox telephoned me and told me of the disgust which the parents and citizens have for the major parties' gamesmanship over this issue, I said to him, "The Rally will not attend that meeting because it will be a divisive vote".
Mr Moore: Hector said that he did not know about it. Hector said that you were not invited. Who is misleading the Assembly?
MR COLLAERY: Dr Kinloch was not invited. Mr David Knox spoke to me. Mr David Knox is a long-term personal acquaintance of mine. He rang me, and Dr Kinloch was nowhere near. Dr Kinloch went to another public meeting that evening, so he was unavailable anyway. I indicated that I wanted to know what was going on. I was told very clearly that a small group was attempting to set up a Weston Creek council and were going to use this as a vehicle.
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