Page 1948 - Week 07 - Wednesday, 16 June 1993
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Mr Stevenson: Typical union tactics.
MR LAMONT: If it were typical union tactics, one could possibly ascribe to me this thing about attacking the bosses. That is often what you would describe union activities as being. That is not the case in relation to the point I make here this afternoon. Indeed, the only points worth taking into account in this entire debate by other than the Chief Minister have been made by Mr Kaine. At least I give him some credibility in relation to his ability and his experience in managing large numbers of people, being responsible for the cooperative approach, the new style of management that is imbuing our own administration. I certainly do not regard as experts in that field either Mr Stevenson or Mr De Domenico.
I believe that it sullies this chamber to have had on this day an MPI in these terms against 300 people - a substantial number - who work for this administration. Mr Stevenson, when somebody goes outside this chamber, goes outside this administration, and says, "I work for the Chief Minister's Department", the person in the street is not going to say, "Are you a manager or are you a worker?". Automatically, everybody in the Chief Minister's Department is slagged by the innuendo, the vitriol and the misrepresentation that you and Mr De Domenico have entered into this afternoon.
Very simply, Mr Stevenson, you talked earlier on about putting up and shutting up. I would suggest that what you need to do is to participate in a few of the organs of this Assembly, get on some of the committees that investigate how the administration works, instead of sitting up in your office dreaming up MPIs such as this. Come along to the Estimates Committee, not have to be dragged along, as you were last year. Mr De Domenico, I am pleased that you have finally recognised that the Chair is up that end of the chamber.
What you need to do, Mr Stevenson, is come along and participate in the processes of this Assembly. You would have the opportunity in the Estimates Committee, as we did last year, to investigate, in a quite substantial amount of detail, the question of performance criteria and performance indicators. You could participate and add some net worth to the time for which we have to put up with you in the Assembly. We may, as a community, get something out of your participation here, other than the vitriol and nonsense that you have gone on with this afternoon, if you at least participate in the Assembly, participate in the Estimates Committee process, participate in questioning.
Mr Stevenson: On a point of order, Madam Speaker: Mr Lamont continues to make these outrageous claims, knowing full well that the Labor Party blocked me from appearing on three committees.
MADAM SPEAKER: Mr Stevenson, I am sure that Mr Lamont heard that interjection on your part at least three times. I am sure that he has heard it now.
MR LAMONT: It was as irrelevant when he first said it, Madam Speaker, as it was when he stood up. The simple fact is that what he wanted to do was to set himself up a lovely little sinecure to swan around - where is this place in Queensland he goes to? - to Chinchilla with the horse. That was not your horse in Marlborough, by the way?
Mr Stevenson: It is Joe Bryant's horse.
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