Page 1744 - Week 06 - Thursday, 19 May 1994
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MADAM SPEAKER: Order! It is nearly 11.46 am, Mr Berry. I will interrupt you.
Motion (by Mr Berry) agreed to:
That the time allotted to Assembly business be extended by 30 minutes.
MR BERRY: Madam Speaker, workplaces like the casino, which Mr Moore just mentioned, were going to be dealt with, and he knew it. He knew it when he stood up and presented this report in the Assembly.
Mr Moore: They were not. You denied it.
MR BERRY: You knew it. You knew it when you stood up in this Assembly. You knew that the occupational health and safety code of practice was going to apply right across the work force, with no exceptions. This was the chance that Michael Moore missed. He will be remembered for this. He can hang his head in shame because he will be remembered for missing the chance. He will be remembered as the apologist for the tobacco companies, all of them. I am sure that he remembers their names, addresses and telephone numbers.
Mrs Carnell: What did you come to see me about last night, Wayne?
MR BERRY: Of course, so too will the Liberals.
Mr Moore: I raise a point of order, Madam Speaker. The imputation there is clearly entirely inappropriate - that in some way I have been paid off by the tobacco companies. I can take a bit of stick too, Madam Speaker, but that imputation is entirely inappropriate.
MADAM SPEAKER: Would you withdraw that, Mr Berry?
MR BERRY: What was the imputation?
MADAM SPEAKER: Mr Moore believes that you said that he was in the pay of the tobacco companies, and I wish you to withdraw it.
MR BERRY: I do not think they think he is worth while paying.
MADAM SPEAKER: Withdraw.
MR BERRY: I would never expect that they would pay Mr Moore.
MADAM SPEAKER: Thank you. The imputation has been withdrawn.
Mr Kaine: Madam Speaker, that is not a withdrawal.
MR BERRY: It is a withdrawal.
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