Page 3145 - Week 11 - Tuesday, 20 September 1994
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MR BERRY: I cannot help their happiness. You are the problem.
Mr Moore: Madam Speaker, he has implied that people have improper motives. He is now trying to clarify it and change it around. But he has implied improper motives up until now, and I think that he should withdraw that and lift his game.
MADAM SPEAKER: Order! Mr Berry, I am sure that you know the difference between imputing improper motives and making general statements. Please proceed.
MR BERRY: Of course, Madam Speaker. I understand why Mr Moore - - -
Mr Moore: On a point of order, Madam Speaker: I seek to have him withdraw.
MR BERRY: Withdraw what?
Mr Moore: Or at least to clarify it.
MR BERRY: I will clarify it. I am happy to clarify it. Madam Speaker, in this place, before, the issue of whether the tobacco companies were looking after Mr Moore was raised. I made it clear that I did not think that the tobacco companies were looking after Mr Moore. But I say to you that they are the ones out of all of this that are laughing because they will be grabbing with both hands this issue of mechanical ventilation as an excuse to allow tobacco consumption in licensed premises across this country. They will be seizing upon it. The approach that you are taking makes sure that we miss a golden opportunity to set a real standard for the rest of the country. If you want to be guilty of that, that is your problem, not mine. It is your problem, Mrs Carnell. If you can still stand proud amongst your pharmacist mates on this score, that is your problem, not mine.
Mr De Domenico: Have a look at the popularity of pharmacists in comparison to yours.
MR BERRY: I am not in a popularity contest. I am about selling policies. Mine has not changed. Look at the numbers. This is about selling policies. We promised the people of the ACT that we would deliver clean air to them, and we have moved down that path. What we have said to the workers of the ACT is, "We will make sure that you have a safe workplace and that your unions will be involved". There is no commitment from the Liberals or Mr Moore to the involvement of unions in workplace safety. They do not seem to have an understanding of that issue. But the position adopted by Mr Moore has brought upon him a great deal of shame, and so it ought to.
Madam Speaker, I am very proud to be associated with the Government's moves on this score. I know that they are aimed at maintaining workplace safety, not just in the club and pub industry, but right across the Territory in all workplaces and - - -
Mr Moore: You did not touch the pub and club industry. You shafted them.
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