Page 4324 - Week 14 - Thursday, 24 October 1991
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MR BERRY: The documents were tabled in this place. Mr Humphries has very carefully refused to endorse that officer's report. He endorses one officer's report but not another's.
Mr Humphries: It does not mean that I victimise him because he participated in a school campaign.
MR SPEAKER: Order! Order, Mr Berry and Mr Humphries!
MR BERRY: You are seeking to discredit his report.
Mr Humphries: You said that I victimised him because he was involved in a school campaign.
MR BERRY: He does not work in the Ambulance Service now; you cannot do it now.
MR SPEAKER: Order! Mr Berry, under the circumstances, I have asked you to withdraw. I think the imputation is serious, and I would ask you to withdraw that.
MR BERRY: I withdraw any imputation that Mr Humphries has actually victimised the officer. But, Mr Speaker, the facts remain that - - -
Mr Humphries: Mr Speaker, on a point of order: Mr Berry has not properly withdrawn. The inference was that I was attempting to victimise because of an involvement in a school campaign. He said that I have not succeeded. I ask him to withdraw the inference that I even tried.
MR SPEAKER: Yes, I think the inference that Mr Humphries was trying to do that was what he was asking to be withdrawn.
MR BERRY: Mr Humphries cannot have it all his way, Mr Speaker. Mr Humphries is trying to discredit that officer's report, and I say to this place that the officer was involved in the Save Our Schools campaign. If the cap fits, Mr Humphries will have to wear it.
Mr Humphries: Mr Speaker, I ask you to ask him to withdraw.
MR SPEAKER: Yes, I ask for an unqualified withdrawal, Mr Berry.
MR BERRY: I will not unqualifiedly withdraw. The facts, Mr Speaker, speak for themselves. I have said that I will withdraw any imputation that Mr Humphries has victimised the member. That is all I have to do.
MR SPEAKER: I would like to push that a little further and suggest to you that the inference was there that he had attempted to do so. Whether he had achieved that or not is irrelevant.
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