Page 2019 - Week 08 - Tuesday, 8 September 1992
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Mr Kaine: I take the point of order that Mr Lamont is overacting, Mr Deputy Speaker.
Mr Lamont: Mr Deputy Speaker, I seek a ruling on my point of order.
Mr De Domenico: I take a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. I also am a member of the Administration and Procedures Committee and I take no umbrage whatsoever at what Mr Kaine has said.
Mr Lamont: Mr Deputy Speaker, that is a matter of sensitivity on the part of Mr De Domenico. I understand why he may be insensitive enough to accept that.
MR KAINE: Mr Deputy Speaker, if Mr Lamont is so sensitive, I withdraw. We will wait until tomorrow and see what happens.
MR DEPUTY SPEAKER: Thank you, Mr Kaine.
MR KAINE: As I said, their agenda, even in the social area, is not one that meets with the approval of the majority of the members of this community. So where is the impetus coming from and what are they attempting to do? Their agenda is reflected in the issues that have bubbled to the top of the Labor Party's priorities in the last three or four months. Abortion: Where was that on their election agenda? It was obscured; it was not even mentioned. But that was No. 1 on their agenda when they gained government. Drugs: We will be dealing with those in the next few days - marijuana, in all of its connotations.
Ms Follett: That is Mrs Carnell's Bill.
MR KAINE: No, you mean Mr Berry's Bill. Mr Berry has taken over Mrs Carnell's Bill. That was not good enough. We have to present our own, just as we have to do it with land tax. The next one, just over the hump, Madam Speaker, is prostitution. That is Mr Moore's, I know; but I can predict now that the Labor Party will support Mr Moore's Bill in all of its details. The fourth thing that comes readily to mind is the Labor Party's attitude about pornography.
Members interjected.
MADAM SPEAKER: Order! Mr Kaine has the floor.
MR KAINE: Thank you, Madam Speaker; I appreciate that. On the question of pornography, we have a government that is very much for the status quo. We do not want to change any of that. It might be considered as an infringement of somebody's civil rights to say, "You cannot distribute that X-rated material". Their agenda is reflected not so much in what they say as in terms of what they do. Interestingly enough, Madam Speaker, there are a number of issues that, if one looks at the Labor Party's platform, have not surfaced yet.
Members interjected.
MADAM SPEAKER: Order! I am having difficulty hearing Mr Kaine.
MR KAINE: I am having trouble hearing myself, Madam Speaker, and I thank you for springing to my aid.
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