Page 5844 - Week 18 - Tuesday, 10 December 1991
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there may be a vacancy at these meetings which would leave a vote taken at a board meeting unbalanced. I think Mr Stefaniak was correct in drawing attention to the issue. We simply disagree with the solution he has offered, and we commend this approach.
Amendments agreed to.
Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clauses 8 to 12, by leave, taken together, and agreed to.
Clauses 13 and 14, by leave, taken together
MR PROWSE (9.46), by leave: I move:
Clause 13, page 6, line 18, after "electing", insert "or within such further period as the Board in writing allows".
Clause 14, page 6, line 32, after "section", insert "or within such further period as the Board in writing allows".
I indicate once again that I am totally disappointed in the obtuse direction Mr Stevenson always takes in matters fiscal. His interpretation of things monetary is indicated by the manner in which he provides for himself. I think he underestimates the will of others in society.
In his speech he suggested that the majority of members in society are the ones we should be compared with. I suggest to Mr Stevenson that that is not a fair comparison. If you are fair dinkum in your objections, Mr Stevenson, you should compare members of this Assembly with the executives in this community, and that is something you continually forget to do. You bring us back to the lowest common denominator, and I do not think that is a valid argument at any stage. Members of this Assembly are executives. They work at executive levels. They are underpaid as executives and, by crikey, they deserve to be treated with some respect by the community. Your comments pull them down every time. Whether you agree or disagree with the Assembly is another matter, but the people in this Assembly are executives and they deserve to be treated as such by you and by everyone else.
Returning to the amendments, clause 13, "Member's Contributions", states in subclause (2):
A member of the first Assembly who, within 30 days after the commencement of this section, elects to become a contributing member ...
Clause 13(3) states that, 30 days after so electing, the member is to make the payment. That gives 60 days from the commencement of this Act for the member to come up with, in some cases, between $5,000 and $8,000.
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