Parliamentary record : Part I debates (16 August 1990)
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1990-08-16
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DEBATES - Thursday 16 August 1990 talking to Senator Collins about this and we both had a bit of a chuckle. Ever since I have known OssieOsgood, he has been predicting his own immi nent demi se and that, for some reason or another, he was about to go broke. Given the tenacity the man has, it is probable that he will be around for many years yet. He claims always to be about to go broke for one reason or another.' I can remember some fairly bizarre reasons that he has given to me to explain why he was supposedly going broke. However, he is a survivor. " 1 am meeting with Senator Collins again tomorrow to push the case in relation to, road freight. As I have said before, we cannot afford ,even the revised increases that have been discussed. In case honourable members are concerned, I have checked this morning's news item, .which said that the final, report was to go to Cabinet today for a decision. The report was absolutely wrong. What is going to Cabinet today is a serjes .of reports which ,was requested simply in o.rder to assess what stage had peen reached. Those reports, together wi th a host of opt ions, will be put to ,the l)1eet i ng in September. There is no way that a dec is ion is bei ng made by the mini steT; much less federal Cabinet. Motion agreed to; the Assembly adjourned. 9976