Mrs HICKEY - 1996-10-10
Yesterday, he said he would order Nick Dondas and Grant Tambling to sit on the crossbenches if the Liberal member for Menzies' anti-Territory bill is successful in the federal parliament. Nick Dondas told the Chief Minister to nick off. Does he have any influence at all over Canberra's men in the Territory or is he just huff and puff?
ANSWER
Mr Speaker, I challenge the Leader of the Opposition to table any transcript, any documented evidence, that Nick Dondas said: `Nick off'. This is a classic example of the way the Labor Party goes about distorting the truth about what is actually said or ...
Mr Stirling: Canberra's man in the Territory.
Mr STONE: I could not have been any stronger yesterday in my condemnation of the movement of that bill into the side Chamber, and I remain critical. If members opposite bothered to monitor what I had to say yesterday, both in this Chamber and in the media, they would know that Territorians could not have been left in any doubt about my views on the man. The Leader of the Opposition gets up and decries the performance of our 2 members in Canberra, yet we cannot get Bob Collins to put any pressure on Kim Beazley to back away from his support for the bill. You cannot get out of it. You are not getting off the hook that easily.
Mr Bailey: The Labor Party objected. The Labor Party voted against its going into the ...
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Mr STONE: Mr Speaker, we have just had the Leader of the Opposition on her feet making all sorts of allegations about government members. Anyone listening to this broadcast now can hear only the tirade of interjections and the shouting match from members opposite over the top of me and I am unable to put my answer on the record. They are just not fair dinkum.
Mr Bailey interjecting.
Mr STONE: There we go! The member for Wanguri would be one of the rudest, most obnoxious members who has ever sat in this House. He will never give government ministers an opportunity to be heard.
Mr Bailey interjecting.
Mr STONE: There he goes again. He is unbelievable.
Members interjecting.
Mr STONE: You are a bunch of clones, there is no doubt about that. I would be worried if I was considered a clone of John Bailey. You are in a great deal of trouble.
Mr SPEAKER: Order!
Mr BELL: A point of order, Mr Speaker! The Chief Minister should refer to members of this Assembly by their titles.
Mr SPEAKER: There is a point of order.
Mr STONE: I would be terribly disturbed to be described as a clone of the member for Wanguri. The point is that, while they might be critical of the federal member, they have put no pressure on Senator Bob Collins. They have not taken him to task for his failure ...
Members interjecting.
Mr STONE: There they go again! The Leader of the Opposition is interjecting. She does not want the Chief Minister to be heard. This is the same person who gets to her feet and complains bitterly about Shane Stone the monster: `He will not let me be heard. He picks on me all the time. He upsets me. In fact, I went home yesterday. I had had enough'. They are not serious, are they? Why won't the Leader of the Opposition put pressure on Bob Collins to go to Kim Beazley, the leader of the Australian Labor Party, and get him to back off from supporting the ...
Mr Stirling: What about Howard, your mate?
Mr SPEAKER: Order!
Mr STONE: Syd Vicious strikes again - the Nhulunbuy nut.
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I hope that the Leader of the Opposition will take up the challenge and telephone Bob Collins. She should tell him that enough is enough and that he should tell Kim Beazley that, if he does not back off from supporting the Andrews bill, Bob Collins will sit on the crossbenches with Grant Tambling and Nick Dondas. At least Nick Dondas and Grant Tambling have been prepared to sacrifice their careers for the Territory. That is something that Bob Collins is not prepared to do.
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ANSWER
Mr Speaker, I challenge the Leader of the Opposition to table any transcript, any documented evidence, that Nick Dondas said: `Nick off'. This is a classic example of the way the Labor Party goes about distorting the truth about what is actually said or ...
Mr Stirling: Canberra's man in the Territory.
Mr STONE: I could not have been any stronger yesterday in my condemnation of the movement of that bill into the side Chamber, and I remain critical. If members opposite bothered to monitor what I had to say yesterday, both in this Chamber and in the media, they would know that Territorians could not have been left in any doubt about my views on the man. The Leader of the Opposition gets up and decries the performance of our 2 members in Canberra, yet we cannot get Bob Collins to put any pressure on Kim Beazley to back away from his support for the bill. You cannot get out of it. You are not getting off the hook that easily.
Mr Bailey: The Labor Party objected. The Labor Party voted against its going into the ...
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Mr STONE: Mr Speaker, we have just had the Leader of the Opposition on her feet making all sorts of allegations about government members. Anyone listening to this broadcast now can hear only the tirade of interjections and the shouting match from members opposite over the top of me and I am unable to put my answer on the record. They are just not fair dinkum.
Mr Bailey interjecting.
Mr STONE: There we go! The member for Wanguri would be one of the rudest, most obnoxious members who has ever sat in this House. He will never give government ministers an opportunity to be heard.
Mr Bailey interjecting.
Mr STONE: There he goes again. He is unbelievable.
Members interjecting.
Mr STONE: You are a bunch of clones, there is no doubt about that. I would be worried if I was considered a clone of John Bailey. You are in a great deal of trouble.
Mr SPEAKER: Order!
Mr BELL: A point of order, Mr Speaker! The Chief Minister should refer to members of this Assembly by their titles.
Mr SPEAKER: There is a point of order.
Mr STONE: I would be terribly disturbed to be described as a clone of the member for Wanguri. The point is that, while they might be critical of the federal member, they have put no pressure on Senator Bob Collins. They have not taken him to task for his failure ...
Members interjecting.
Mr STONE: There they go again! The Leader of the Opposition is interjecting. She does not want the Chief Minister to be heard. This is the same person who gets to her feet and complains bitterly about Shane Stone the monster: `He will not let me be heard. He picks on me all the time. He upsets me. In fact, I went home yesterday. I had had enough'. They are not serious, are they? Why won't the Leader of the Opposition put pressure on Bob Collins to go to Kim Beazley, the leader of the Australian Labor Party, and get him to back off from supporting the ...
Mr Stirling: What about Howard, your mate?
Mr SPEAKER: Order!
Mr STONE: Syd Vicious strikes again - the Nhulunbuy nut.
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I hope that the Leader of the Opposition will take up the challenge and telephone Bob Collins. She should tell him that enough is enough and that he should tell Kim Beazley that, if he does not back off from supporting the Andrews bill, Bob Collins will sit on the crossbenches with Grant Tambling and Nick Dondas. At least Nick Dondas and Grant Tambling have been prepared to sacrifice their careers for the Territory. That is something that Bob Collins is not prepared to do.
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