Page 2599 - Week 09 - Tuesday, 24 August 1993
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Mr Kaine: That is the sort of information that we were looking for weeks ago and you refused to provide it.
MADAM SPEAKER: Order! The Leader of the Opposition was heard in silence.
MR BERRY: The sort of information that the Auditor-General has come up with might not be something that pleases the Liberal Party because he clearly demonstrates on pages 1 and 2 that during the course of the Alliance Government Mr Humphries abandoned his post when it came to negotiating with the Australian Medical Association about visiting medical officers' contracts.
Mr Wood: It actually says that.
Mr Cornwell: It does not actually say that.
Mr De Domenico: What else does it say about it?
MR BERRY: He tells the public that Mr Humphries was responsible for the legacy we now have. That is what he tells us. That sort of information continually flows. There are examples around my desk. Here is another one, the activity report from ACT Health which is issued - - -
Mrs Carnell: Yes, but you actually produced that because we put a motion forward.
MR BERRY: No; do not tell a big one here, Mrs Carnell. This has been provided voluntarily by the Department of Health.
Mr De Domenico: That is just not true.
Mr Humphries: What a load of cobblers!
Mr De Domenico: What sort of porky pie is that?
MR BERRY: I ask that that be withdrawn, Madam Speaker. That is rhyming slang for lie.
Mr Humphries: Porky pie or cobblers?
MADAM SPEAKER: Order!
MR BERRY: It is rhyming slang for lie. You cannot say that.
MADAM SPEAKER: Order! Mr De Domenico, that was directed directly at Mr Berry. I ask you to withdraw that one.
Mr De Domenico: Which particular comment?
MADAM SPEAKER: Mr De Domenico, the direct comment that Mr - - -
Mr De Domenico: The porky pie one?
MADAM SPEAKER: Yes.
Mr De Domenico: I withdraw "porky pie".
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