Page 1713 - Week 06 - Wednesday, 18 May 1994
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I said that we would have something to say about his staffing - he knows that; he is admitting that; he is nodding to that - but that we would not be opposing this motion. That is the position we have taken in this place today. That is the case.
Mr Berry: But Trevor did.
MR HUMPHRIES: Then say it to Mr Kaine. Do not call me a liar, Mr Berry.
Mr Kaine: No, I did not. Madam Speaker, I seek - - -
MADAM SPEAKER: Mr Stevenson was first, Mr Kaine.
MR STEVENSON: I seek leave to make a statement under standing order 46.
MADAM SPEAKER: Yes, Mr Stevenson.
MR STEVENSON: Thank you, Madam Speaker. The Chief Minister has misrepresented what I have said. She said that I promised to abolish the Assembly, but she left out rather vital information, of which she is unaware or on which she was prepared deliberately to mislead people. What I promised before the First Assembly - - -
Ms Follett: Madam Speaker, that has to be withdrawn.
MADAM SPEAKER: Yes, Mr Stevenson, you will have to withdraw that she was prepared to deliberately mislead.
MR STEVENSON: I will not have to withdraw that. I said that there were two choices, and there are. Either she is unaware or she was prepared to deliberately mislead people. There are no other possibilities. I did not say that it was one or the other. It is a choice.
MADAM SPEAKER: Mr Stevenson, the standing orders are quite clear about impugning members' motives. You may not impugn - - -
MR STEVENSON: How is that an imputation? There are only two possibilities.
MADAM SPEAKER: It has been interpreted that you are impugning the Chief Minister by saying that she has deliberately misled the Assembly.
MR STEVENSON: No, not at all. I said that there are only two logical possibilities for the Chief Minister saying what she said. There are only two possibilities.
MADAM SPEAKER: Whether there are or there are not, Mr Stevenson, if you are implying in any way, shape or form some improper motive on the part of the Chief Minister, that is not allowed.
MR STEVENSON: If someone says that there is a choice of possibilities as to why someone does something - - -
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