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MR KAINE: We will get around to the MPI in due course, Mr Lamont. We will fire a few shots then, as we are firing them now. The point is that Mr Moore seems to be working under some kind of assumption, not acknowledged by the Liberal Party, that he holds the balance of power in this Assembly. If he can do a deal with the Labor Party he knows that he has everything that he wants, just as he has acquired it up until now. If that is the case, let it be a matter of public record that that is the case. If the Labor Party wants to put that on the record and make sure that everybody knows what the true position is, let them support Mr Moore on this issue, like they do on every other issue. But let us know in advance what Mr Moore is going to get in exchange.
Mr Berry: I take a point of order. Madam Speaker, there was an imputation of impropriety there by the Leader of the Opposition, and I would ask you to order him to withdraw it.
MR KAINE: Madam Speaker, there is no question of impropriety. I just want to know what Mr Moore is getting in exchange for supporting the Labor Government.
Mr Berry: That is right; that is an imputation.
MR KAINE: If he takes offence at that, and if Mr Berry takes offence at it, I withdraw it.
Mr Lamont: I raise again a point of order. He has repeated it.
MADAM SPEAKER: He has withdrawn it, Mr Lamont.
MR KAINE: Why don't you sit down, Mr Lamont? We do not need you up on your feet all the time.
MADAM SPEAKER: Thank you, Mr Kaine.
Mr Lamont: It just takes you so long to do it.
MR KAINE: I will do it in my time, not yours.
MADAM SPEAKER: That is correct, Mr Kaine.
Question resolved in the affirmative, with the concurrence of an absolute majority.
MR MOORE: Madam Speaker, I present a report entitled "Lotus Glen Public Prison - Mareeba".
GOVERNMENT'S SOCIAL AGENDA
Discussion of Matter of Public Importance
MADAM SPEAKER: I have received letters from Mrs Carnell, Mr Cornwell, Mr De Domenico, Mr Humphries, Mr Kaine, Mr Stevenson and Mr Westende proposing that matters of public importance be submitted to the Assembly. In accordance with standing order 79, I have determined that the matter proposed by Mr Kaine be submitted to the Assembly, namely:
The social agenda of the Follett Labor Government.
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