Page 3652 - Week 12 - Wednesday, 20 October 1993
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Mr Humphries: Michael is so shy of publicity!
MR MOORE: I hear an interjection, "Mr Moore is shy of publicity". No, Madam Speaker; the difference is that I seek publicity with a strategy in mind to make changes, and then I come into this Assembly to actually do something instead of just making noise. It is quite clear, Madam Speaker, that over the last 18 months or so Ms Szuty and I have come in on many occasions to actually do something. In this particular situation, Madam Speaker, Ms Szuty is wrong. Instead of looking at this issue very carefully and getting to understand the concepts, she unfortunately has been swayed by the likes of Mr Connolly and Mr Humphries. However, I think it is important.
Mr De Domenico: She may be wrong, but she is not stupid.
MR MOORE: I have an interjection from Mr De Domenico, "She has bombed out, but she is not stupid", and that is correct. I would say to you, Madam Speaker, that what it does illustrate is that, whilst Ms Szuty and I closely liaise on many things, we do not have the barrier of party solidarity to ensure that we always vote in the same way. I am very comfortable with the fact that Ms Szuty is voting differently from me on this issue. If, in fact, members of parties voted according to the way they believed, instead of voting according to what their numbers dictate in the party room, not only would the best interests of the community be served before the best interests of the party - I know that some of you see that as the same thing - but also we would have a far more effective, more open and more honest Assembly, and that would be a mighty good start to a far more honest and open government system.
Question put:
That this Bill be agreed to in principle.
The Assembly voted -
AYES, 2 NOES, 15
Mr Moore Mr Berry
Mr Stevenson Mrs Carnell
Mr Connolly
Mr Cornwell
Mr De Domenico
Ms Ellis
Ms Follett
Mrs Grassby
Mr Humphries
Mr Kaine
Mr Lamont
Ms McRae
Ms Szuty
Mr Westende
Mr Wood
Question so resolved in the negative.
Sitting suspended from 12.02 to 2.30 pm
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