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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2003 Week 1 Hansard (19 February) . . Page.. 247 ..

MR BERRY: That is what happened last time; 10,000 or 20,000 were slaughtered. What did it prove? In 1991, I marched up to Parliament House in opposition to our involvement in the invasion of Iraq at the time and I was right, because it proved nothing. All that happened was that 20,000 Iraqis were slaughtered and Iraq ended up with the same regime and the impact on the Iraqi people was the same, probably worse if you listen to the commentators who are talking about the issue now. The situation for the Iraqi people worsened after that invasion; there is absolutely no doubt about that.

Mr Pratt: That is misinformation.

MR TEMPORARY DEPUTY SPEAKER: Mr Pratt, if you want to discuss the issue, do it outside, please.

MR BERRY: Do you think that another failed invasion would improve the lot of the Iraqi people? I don't think so.

Mr Pratt: Twenty thousand civilians did not die.

MR TEMPORARY DEPUTY SPEAKER: Mr Pratt, you are wearing thin.

MR BERRY: If the wild-eyed warmongers in this place have their way, we will send a bunch of our people over there, sight unseen in terms of the activities. We are going to trust the federal government to do what they will with them while they suck up to George Bush. If you look at George Bush you will find that he, as governor of his own state, was involved-

MR TEMPORARY DEPUTY SPEAKER: Order! Mr Berry, address your remarks to the chair, please.

MR BERRY: He was involved in and happy with the state killing in his own state through capital punishment.

Mr Cornwell: Would you also ask him to be relevant, please, Mr Temporary Deputy Speaker?

MR TEMPORARY DEPUTY SPEAKER: Order! Is that a point of order, Mr Cornwell?

Mr Cornwell: It is, sir.

MR TEMPORARY DEPUTY SPEAKER: There is no point of order.

MR BERRY: It seems as if it is not far to go to go and slaughter a few more thousand Iraqi civilians.

Mr Stefaniak: So Stalin was a good bloke, too, because he is Saddam Hussein's hero.

MR TEMPORARY DEPUTY SPEAKER: Mr Stefaniak, would you like to do it outside also?

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