Page 3177 - Week 10 - Thursday, 16 September 1993
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having my remarks removed from the parliamentary Hansard. That is one of the most amazing things to have happened in the history, not just of this parliament, but of Australia, in my estimation, and in the understanding of a number of senior people whom we have contacted and to whom we have given the full specifics of what occurred.
Mr Berry is yawning because obviously this does not suit him. He has a smirk on his face, and that is unfortunate. It fits nowhere within the terms of reference for the operation of this parliament. It is unfortunate. I would invite more people into this parliament to find out what goes on.
Mr Moore: They will find out that you are hardly ever here.
MR STEVENSON: We have all had people come up to us to find out what happens. I specifically make a point of leaving when I hear the type of nonsense that is going on in this Assembly.
Mr Berry: What do you do for your money? You do not appear on committees. You do not do committee work. What do you do for your money?
MR STEVENSON: Committee work? Let us make the point. Mr Berry is one of those people who voted to keep me off three committees. How do you justify that?
Mr Berry: You can be on the Estimates Committee any time. What about the Estimates Committee?
MR STEVENSON: What about the Public Accounts Committee that I tried to get on and you voted against it?
Mr Berry: Oh, no.
MR STEVENSON: What about it? What happens when we start to look at some of the details about freedom of speech?
Mr Moore: If the Assembly so desires I will step off the Public Accounts Committee so that you can go on it.
MR STEVENSON: What about these situations?
Mr Berry: There you go; you have an offer, Dennis. Do you want to go on the Public Accounts Committee? Seconded.
MR STEVENSON: What about the three committees that I wanted to go on? And what happened to the 177-page dissenting report I put in about fluoride? Where did that go? Yesterday I asked you what you had done with two of the recommendations. You did not even know them. You could not even answer that, even though there has been public concern right across this nation about children's health. You are not a good debater. You do not add much to debates. You add a lot to invective and imputation and so on, and the sooner it is over the better.
MADAM SPEAKER: Order! I think your remarks should be addressed to me, Mr Stevenson.
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