Page 5188 - Week 16 - Wednesday, 27 November 1991
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Aidex
MR MOORE (10.54): Mr Speaker, I think that Mr Stefaniak raises some quite important issues. The irony of the situation is that, whilst he is so aggravated about the weapons and so forth that have been used by the demonstrators - and I agree with him about that - - -
Mr Collaery: Some demonstrators.
MR MOORE: By some of those demonstrators, a small group of them. The irony is that what they are doing is so minor compared to what Aidex itself does in providing weapons to allow countries like Indonesia to carry out social control as they have in Timor. I think one also has to keep in mind the broader picture. It serves no purpose to attempt to aggravate the situation in the way that Mr Stefaniak has done, especially when we have had such sensible replies and sensible comments from Mr Connolly with reference to the police.
Assembly Staff
MR BERRY (Deputy Chief Minister) (10.55), in reply: Mr Speaker, I rise to give credit to the tolerance and dedication of the staff this evening and to the public servants who have worked so hard and long under difficult circumstances, particularly over the last few days - and, regrettably, it ain't over yet. There will be more long hours to deal with these issues, because of the obstructionist tactics which have been used by Mr Stevenson. We have to work our way through that, and we will.
I would like to particularly thank the attendants, the secretariat staff, the Hansard staff, who at short notice were able to provide Hansard, the security staff, and all of those public servants I mentioned earlier. All of these people had very short notice because of the earlier decision of the Assembly to sit on tonight and try to deal with this issue. I would like to pass on, on behalf of all of the Assembly members, our sincere thanks.
Amendments to Legislation
MR SPEAKER: Members, I would ask that large schedules of amendments be provided to the Clerk at least half a day in advance. It is ridiculous that we are being handed these proposed amendments and are expecting the Clerk to maintain order and sanity.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
Assembly adjourned at 10.57 pm
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