Page 4048 - Week 13 - Wednesday, 13 December 2006
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Christmas cards and then she left. That is a sign of the support that Mr Corbell has from his colleagues. And let’s face it, Mr Deputy Speaker: this is all because Mr Corbell is upset. Mr Corbell did not get the media he wanted overnight that would vindicate him. Mr Corbell is having a hissy fit today because he thinks that he has not been cleared totally in the eyes of the community. He knows it in his heart.
It is interesting that he comes out swinging. He says, “Yes, we’re going to censure Mr Seselja for abusing the processes of the Assembly,” but does not quote anything that actually happened in the Assembly that shows the abuse. Where is the evidence? These motions need to be proved on evidence—and there is no evidence except the evidence that Mr Corbell’s pride is injured.
Then he attacked Dr Foskey. Why didn’t he add WIN News? The WIN News coverage last night was not complimentary to the minister, so why don’t we have a paragraph (3) censuring WIN for misleading, and then a paragraph (4) censuring the ABC news coverage? The ABC news coverage did not support Mr Corbell; so we could have a paragraph (4) censuring the ABC. Then we could have paragraph (5) for the Canberra Times. The Canberra Times has said: “But it is not a complete exoneration.”
Mr Corbell has not been exonerated by this report, and no matter how often he says it and how often he thinks it, the reality is that he has not. So let us put the Canberra Times editor on this list. And John Thistleton? He is well and truly off the Christmas card list because in his article this morning he throws up no doubt. John Thistleton says:
A key finding of the inquiry was that the sale reflected a weakness in the communication process …
A weakness: the key finding; so John Thistleton is off the Simon Corbell Christmas card list. The property council are going to be off the list too. What did they say? The property council noted that the LDA did not communicate certain relevant planning information to all registered bidders as expected under best practice. So the property council will be off the Christmas card list. This is why Mr Corbell does not have to do his Christmas cards in the Assembly: he is not writing any because they are all off the list. On 2CC this morning Mr Seselja came back and refuted everything Mr Corbell said. So 2CC are off the list. Then there was Ross Solly on 2CN this morning, so they are off the list.
“Why don’t these people understand that I am not guilty?” Because they have read the report, Mr Corbell! They have read the report. You made claims today about misleads, Mr Corbell, and you wonder why people do not believe you. Well, they do not believe you because you have got form. There is a litany of Mr Corbell’s time in this Assembly. For instance, on 22 May 2003 Mr Corbell was found to be in contempt of the Assembly as the result of a 30 November Select Committee on Privileges that found that there was contempt. That is why nobody believes you, Mr Corbell.
Then on 18 November 2003 the Assembly passed a motion resolving: “That this Assembly expresses grave concern in the Minister for Health for being found to be in contempt”. On 23 September 2003 the Assembly passed a motion censuring
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