Page 3675 - Week 12 - Thursday, 13 October 1994
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not hold water. He is accountable; he is the Minister; and he is responsible for what he tells us in this place. He has not satisfied me. I did not come in here to get his hide; I came in here this afternoon to hear what he had to say. He has not satisfied me, and I do not believe that he has satisfied anybody else either.
Mr Humphries said that people out there in the community want to know what is happening, and they do not have the answers. Indeed, they do not. The Minister has not mounted a successful defence, in my view, against the charge laid against him, and I will support the motion.
MADAM SPEAKER: The question is: That the motion be agreed to. Mr De Domenico, I think, was on his feet first.
Mr De Domenico: If the Chief Minister wants to speak, I will defer.
Mr Stevenson: I prefer that the leader of the Labor Party speak first, if she wishes.
MADAM SPEAKER: I am in charge here, Mr Stevenson. Please be seated. I am trying to sort out who stood up first.
Mr Stevenson: I am sorry.
MADAM SPEAKER: Please be seated.
Mr Stevenson: God, strike me!
MADAM SPEAKER: Just take it easy, Mr Stevenson. There are rules here.
Mr Stevenson: It is the way that they are applied.
MADAM SPEAKER: Order! You may leave, Mr Stevenson.
Mr Stevenson: It is the tone in which they are applied that is the difficulty.
MADAM SPEAKER: Order! Mr De Domenico stood up first; he deferred to Ms Follett. I am willing to let Ms Follett speak.
Ms Follett: I will defer to anybody, Madam Speaker.
Mr Humphries: I will speak again, Madam Speaker.
MADAM SPEAKER: I do not think that is necessary, Mr Humphries. If there are no further speakers, I will put the question. The question before the house is: That the motion be agreed to.
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