Page 651 - Week 03 - Wednesday, 20 May 1992
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MADAM SPEAKER: Mr Kaine will complete his personal explanation, and then I will ask him to withdraw the imputation. Mr Kaine, you may continue your personal explanation.
MR KAINE: Thank you, Madam Speaker. I believe that, if Mr Connolly is fair dinkum about this matter, then he should have engaged an architect to look at all the possible buildings that might be suggested by - - -
Mr Berry: I raise a point of order, Madam Speaker. He is debating the matter; it is not a personal explanation at all. If he wants to make a personal explanation, let him do it; but debating the issue is another question.
Mr Connolly: Madam Speaker, I withdraw my remark; but has Mr Kaine withdrawn the interjection that I have my fingers in the till? If he has not, I would ask him to, because it is a reflection that goes to my personal integrity. I demand that it be withdrawn.
MADAM SPEAKER: I believe that that is correct, Mr Kaine. I would ask you to withdraw.
MR KAINE: I withdraw, Madam Speaker; but I expect you to be equal-handed in this matter in the future.
MADAM SPEAKER: Thank you, Mr Kaine.
MR CONNOLLY: As I was saying, the Government has engaged an architect to provide data to assist the committee in its deliberations. It is a sensible thing to do. It is exactly what an ordinary citizen would do if contemplating a major property purchase.
Mr Kaine: Rubbish!
MR CONNOLLY: Perhaps the Liberal Party would not. As I said at the outset, the huffing and puffing on this highlights the extraordinary approach to decision making that the Liberal Party has. They would have a committee go through a whole process of looking at a building without any technical advice. That would be silly.
Education - Key Competencies
MR CORNWELL: My question is of Mr Wood as Minister for Education. I refer to the Australian Education Council review committee report "Young People's Participation in Post-compulsory Education and Training", which I think is otherwise known as the Finn report. In recommendation 4.7 of the executive summary, in relation to key competencies, it states:
All States/Territories develop valid and publicly credible ... ways of assessing young people's attainments ...
It goes on at another point:
National reporting should be implemented for the Languages and Communications and Mathematics Competencies by 1993.
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