Page 5943 - Week 18 - Wednesday, 11 December 1991

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MR BERRY: Ram them through, my foot! It has been here for weeks. If you fellows are too tired to grab hold of the legislation which is being proposed, to have a look at it and properly research it, that is just too bad. Do not expect the responsible people in this Assembly to cop this sort of rubbish. What you end up with is legislation that does not work, or it has the reverse effect.

Mr Jensen: With your departmental backup you should get it right in the first place.

MR BERRY: All you have to do is pick it up. If you have a problem, give us a ring. You never have any trouble getting through to me at any other time, Norm.

Mr Collaery: Sit down, Wayne.

MR BERRY: Do not make silly accusations about things being rammed through, because they are not being rammed through. "Registered auditor" is interpreted in the legislation and means an auditor registered under Division 2 of Part II of the Companies Act. It is a very clear position.

Mrs Nolan: A lot of extra cost for small business.

MR BERRY: It may well be an extra cost, but it is about making sure that employers meet their obligations and that employees in the workplace are covered.

Mr Collaery: How about small business?

MR BERRY: I am as concerned about small business as you are, Mr Collaery; but I am not going to be a party to knee-jerk law-making. It is crazy. What we end up with is laws that do not work or laws that are wrong.

Question put:

That the amendment (Mr Collaery's) be agreed to.

The Assembly voted -

AYES, 5  NOES, 12

Mr Collaery Mr Berry
Mr Jensen Mr Connolly
Dr Kinloch Mr Duby
Mrs Nolan Ms Follett
Mr Stevenson Mrs Grassby
 Mr Humphries
 Mr Kaine
 Ms Maher
 Mr Moore
 Mr Prowse
 Mr Stefaniak
 Mr Wood

Question so resolved in the negative.

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