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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1996 Week 1 Hansard (20 February) . . Page.. 63 ..

Mrs Carnell: I think there might be a relevance issue here, Mr Speaker.

Mr Humphries: On a point of order, Mr Speaker: Mr De Domenico has more staff than Ms Follett has supporters in her caucus room.

MR SPEAKER: Order! There is no point of order. Continue, Ms Follett. I uphold the Chief Minister's point of order on relevance.

MS FOLLETT: Thank you, Mr Speaker.

Mr De Domenico: Andrew is looking really good now. Bill Wood is looking good as a leader too.

Mr Hird: Andrew is starting to look good.

MR SPEAKER: Order! Can we have a bit of shush. I know that you have all been on hold for two months.

MS FOLLETT: You might have been. We have not.

MR SPEAKER: But the fact of the matter is that we are having a serious debate here, and the level of interjection from both sides of the house has been far too high.

MS FOLLETT: On that point, Mr Speaker, I do take objection to that. The interjection has been from that side of the house.

Mrs Carnell: Rubbish!

MR SPEAKER: I am referring to the full debate, Ms Follett.

MS FOLLETT: It is not rubbish; it is true.

MR SPEAKER: I am referring to the full debate, and as far as I am concerned the interjections from both sides of the house have been far too numerous and the noise far too loud.

MS FOLLETT: Mr Speaker, I would remind you that the censure motion includes the Minister for Industrial Relations for his failure to negotiate and so on, and what I am saying to the Assembly is that he has been nowhere in evidence. He has had to be silenced, to be closeted away, because he is such an embarrassment to this Government. The first action taken by the Minister for Industrial Relations in this whole issue concerned the lockouts. That was his first step. His first step in negotiation was to put on the e-mail a little threat to lock out all the staff. What we heard from Mr De Domenico indicated yet again his total failure to grasp any part of his portfolio. The man is a disgrace, and he is such an embarrassment to this Government that I am expecting his removal any day now. (Extension of time granted)

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