Page 4541 - Week 15 - Wednesday, 20 November 1991
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PERSONAL EXPLANATIONS
MR KAINE (Leader of the Opposition): I seek leave to make a personal explanation.
MR SPEAKER: Do you claim to have been misrepresented?
MR KAINE: Yes.
MR SPEAKER: Please proceed.
MR KAINE: During the debate this morning Mr Collaery, in his political speech, made reference to Mr Whalan as a consultant and he referred to discussions that Mr Whalan had had with me on this issue. I want to make it quite clear, Mr Speaker, that until Mr Collaery told me I did not know that Mr Whalan was a consultant. I state unequivocally that at no time have I had any discussions with Mr Whalan on this issue, personally, by telephone or by any other form of communication. So, any suggestion - - -
Mr Collaery: What? In question time you said you had.
MR KAINE: I did not. I refute that I have had any discussions with Mr Whalan in connection with the Forrest bowling club in any form whatsoever. It was just another one of Mr Collaery's smears that he often engages in.
MR COLLAERY: Mr Speaker, I cannot let that pass. I seek leave to make a personal explanation.
MR SPEAKER: Do you claim to have been misrepresented?
MR COLLAERY: Yes. Firstly, I ask for that allegation of smearing to be withdrawn. I was very careful and temperate in my remarks. It is an imputation, Mr Speaker, that I strongly dislike.
Mr Kaine: The Hansard record speaks for itself, but I will withdraw the word "smear".
MR SPEAKER: Thank you.
MR COLLAERY: Mr Speaker, members will recall that I asked a question here about Mr Whalan's involvement in the process - a careful question of Mr Wood. During the course of that question Mr Kaine interjected and said, "Yes, he approached me too; he saw me too", or words to that effect. I will direct members' attention to Hansard. They will find it there. I made those remarks on the basis of Mr Kaine's statement that he had seen Mr Whalan. I was in no way imputing something improper between Mr Kaine and Mr Whalan. I was simply making the point about access in this Assembly by the lobbyist and whether the residents had had the same access.
Sitting suspended from 12.36 to 2.30 pm
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