Mr BURKE - 2001-10-24
I ask the Chief Minister, how can she look the members of the Stolen Generation and their families in the eye and say this new motion is her sincere belief, when it is so different from her original motion, and when, as Senator Aden Ridgeway and members of the Stolen Generation, including local participants have noted, it now makes no mention of ‘sorry,’ ‘sorrow’ or ‘condolence’?
Ms LAWRIE: A point of order, Madam Speaker! Under Standing Order 114, repeating questions - I believe this question is similar in nature to the previous question.
Madam SPEAKER: It is a different question.
ANSWER
I thank the Opposition Leader for his question. We do note that the opposition is having difficulty in providing a whole range of questions in Question Time, and we are getting repeated questions.
Mr Burke: We’ve got plenty. We’ll look after our side. We’ll be right.
Ms MARTIN: On Kyoto, you asked nine questions!
Mr Burke: Just answer the question.
Madam SPEAKER: Might I make the comment to the opposition that you need to take due care that you are not asking questions in anticipation of the debate. I acknowledge that your questions to date have not.
Ms MARTIN: Madam Speaker, the real point in here this afternoon is this very important motion for this Territory parliament. Is it going to be supported by the opposition? That is the real key. This side, the government side of the House, is absolutely committed. We are going to - as we attempted to do a number of years ago and were not supported by the then government - be saying an apology, expressing our sorrow, saying sorry to what happened to hundreds of Territorians. We will be expressing it very clearly. The real issue this afternoon is whether the opposition will be supporting that motion. I think this is a true test of the capacity of this new opposition. It is a true test of whether you have a heart and whether you are going to join in leadership of this Territory. You are the Opposition Leader, you should be leading the nine who sit with you, and you should be joining in this motion this afternoon. That is the real issue we have in front of us this afternoon.
I say to the Leader of the Opposition: join with us, join in this motion, and let us have this motion a truly bipartisan one from the Territory parliament.
Mr DUNHAM: A point of order Madam Speaker. While the questions are different, the answers are remarkably the same. I think it should be pointed out to the Chief Minister that she refused to answer the question.
Madam SPEAKER: There is no point of order.
Ms LAWRIE: A point of order, Madam Speaker! Under Standing Order 114, repeating questions - I believe this question is similar in nature to the previous question.
Madam SPEAKER: It is a different question.
ANSWER
I thank the Opposition Leader for his question. We do note that the opposition is having difficulty in providing a whole range of questions in Question Time, and we are getting repeated questions.
Mr Burke: We’ve got plenty. We’ll look after our side. We’ll be right.
Ms MARTIN: On Kyoto, you asked nine questions!
Mr Burke: Just answer the question.
Madam SPEAKER: Might I make the comment to the opposition that you need to take due care that you are not asking questions in anticipation of the debate. I acknowledge that your questions to date have not.
Ms MARTIN: Madam Speaker, the real point in here this afternoon is this very important motion for this Territory parliament. Is it going to be supported by the opposition? That is the real key. This side, the government side of the House, is absolutely committed. We are going to - as we attempted to do a number of years ago and were not supported by the then government - be saying an apology, expressing our sorrow, saying sorry to what happened to hundreds of Territorians. We will be expressing it very clearly. The real issue this afternoon is whether the opposition will be supporting that motion. I think this is a true test of the capacity of this new opposition. It is a true test of whether you have a heart and whether you are going to join in leadership of this Territory. You are the Opposition Leader, you should be leading the nine who sit with you, and you should be joining in this motion this afternoon. That is the real issue we have in front of us this afternoon.
I say to the Leader of the Opposition: join with us, join in this motion, and let us have this motion a truly bipartisan one from the Territory parliament.
Mr DUNHAM: A point of order Madam Speaker. While the questions are different, the answers are remarkably the same. I think it should be pointed out to the Chief Minister that she refused to answer the question.
Madam SPEAKER: There is no point of order.
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