❓ A parliamentary question regarding a publicly employed journalist's European trip, framed as a 'self-described holiday'. The Minister's response is initially evasive, leading to a heated exchange and eventual reading of the email in question, revealing potential irony.
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I refer to the comparative study of intermodal transport systems in England, France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Belgium and other places to be undertaken by journalist David Hynes, who works for one of the minister’s departments, who left on 30 November 2005 and will return on 10 January 2006. I note that some notice has been given of this question. (1) Will the minister provide the details of, and who approved, the self-described European holiday for a publicly employed journalist? (2) How much will this 42-day publicly funded self-described holiday cost? (3) What are Mr Hynes qualifications and experience in the field of transport systems research, and will the minister be joining Hynes “on hols”, as he refers to it in his widely distributed e-mail? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN
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(1)-(3) I am sorry, but I will need to ask for some indulgence while I try to find the document concerned. This is a very serious matter. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just getting another copy of this important document, because the Parliament needs to be advised fully on this matter. Several members interjected. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am sorry; I want to get a copy of the document. Several members interjected. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition like to give me a copy of the e-mail? Does the Deputy Leader of the Opposition have a copy of the e-mail? Mr M.J. Birney : You have; it’s your department. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just asking whether the Deputy Leader of the Opposition has a copy of the e-mail, and whether he would like to provide it to me. Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : What has that got to do with it? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just asking whether he would like to provide me with a copy of the e-mail. Members cannot really understand this question until they have read the e-mail. Mr T.R. Buswell : I have seen the e-mail. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Okay, the member has seen the e-mail. It is a great pity that I do not have a copy of the e-mail with me, because it would shed a lot of light on the - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is a great pity. I had a copy with me earlier, but I cannot locate it. I have to confess that I had no knowledge of this and I am very concerned. I will now share with the house the contents of the e-mail, a copy of which has just been provided to me, because it is of great concern. Mr Hynes states in the e-mail - Being merely a humble journalist in the public employ, I have been assigned the arduous task of conducting a comparative study of inter-modal transport systems in England, France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Belgium and a couple of other places over the next few weeks. He went on to say - I expect to freeze my bollocks off but, for the greater good and in the interests of even cleaner, greener and more efficient public transport, I leave tonight and return on January 10. He then said - You need not adjust your contact books - He then gave the details of other people who could be contacted during his absence. He went on to say - I expect you all to behave in my absence. I will be scouring the clippings and tapes when I return, and will be on the alert for any of your usual nonsense. I will be particularly watchful - Mr Taylor - for the tiresome “strike-plagued,” the rather hurtful expression “snailrail” and sundry gratuitous insults and unflattering references. On the other hand, fulsome praise of our Christmas/New Year services will be welcomed. Cheers (and Merry Christmas) DavidH Will the brave new world of industrial relations not allow people to do irony about their impending self-funded holiday? The Howard legislation will now prescribe that people are not allowed to joke about such matters. Members opposite are the joke. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition could not detect the irony in that e-mail, he does not have much of a future. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! If members are all finished, this will be the last question for the year.
(1) Will the minister provide the details of, and who approved, the self-described European holiday for a publicly employed journalist? (2) How much will this 42-day publicly funded self-described holiday cost? (3) What are Mr Hynes qualifications and experience in the field of transport systems research, and will the minister be joining Hynes “on hols”, as he refers to it in his widely distributed e-mail? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(3) I am sorry, but I will need to ask for some indulgence while I try to find the document concerned. This is a very serious matter. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just getting another copy of this important document, because the Parliament needs to be advised fully on this matter. Several members interjected. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am sorry; I want to get a copy of the document. Several members interjected. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition like to give me a copy of the e-mail? Does the Deputy Leader of the Opposition have a copy of the e-mail? Mr M.J. Birney : You have; it’s your department. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just asking whether the Deputy Leader of the Opposition has a copy of the e-mail, and whether he would like to provide it to me. Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : What has that got to do with it? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just asking whether he would like to provide me with a copy of the e-mail. Members cannot really understand this question until they have read the e-mail. Mr T.R. Buswell : I have seen the e-mail. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Okay, the member has seen the e-mail. It is a great pity that I do not have a copy of the e-mail with me, because it would shed a lot of light on the - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is a great pity. I had a copy with me earlier, but I cannot locate it. I have to confess that I had no knowledge of this and I am very concerned. I will now share with the house the contents of the e-mail, a copy of which has just been provided to me, because it is of great concern. Mr Hynes states in the e-mail - Being merely a humble journalist in the public employ, I have been assigned the arduous task of conducting a comparative study of inter-modal transport systems in England, France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Belgium and a couple of other places over the next few weeks. He went on to say - I expect to freeze my bollocks off but, for the greater good and in the interests of even cleaner, greener and more efficient public transport, I leave tonight and return on January 10. He then said - You need not adjust your contact books - He then gave the details of other people who could be contacted during his absence. He went on to say - I expect you all to behave in my absence. I will be scouring the clippings and tapes when I return, and will be on the alert for any of your usual nonsense. I will be particularly watchful - Mr Taylor - for the tiresome “strike-plagued,” the rather hurtful expression “snailrail” and sundry gratuitous insults and unflattering references. On the other hand, fulsome praise of our Christmas/New Year services will be welcomed. Cheers (and Merry Christmas) DavidH Will the brave new world of industrial relations not allow people to do irony about their impending self-funded holiday? The Howard legislation will now prescribe that people are not allowed to joke about such matters. Members opposite are the joke. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition could not detect the irony in that e-mail, he does not have much of a future. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! If members are all finished, this will be the last question for the year.
(2) How much will this 42-day publicly funded self-described holiday cost? (3) What are Mr Hynes qualifications and experience in the field of transport systems research, and will the minister be joining Hynes “on hols”, as he refers to it in his widely distributed e-mail? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(3) I am sorry, but I will need to ask for some indulgence while I try to find the document concerned. This is a very serious matter. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just getting another copy of this important document, because the Parliament needs to be advised fully on this matter. Several members interjected. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am sorry; I want to get a copy of the document. Several members interjected. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition like to give me a copy of the e-mail? Does the Deputy Leader of the Opposition have a copy of the e-mail? Mr M.J. Birney : You have; it’s your department. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just asking whether the Deputy Leader of the Opposition has a copy of the e-mail, and whether he would like to provide it to me. Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : What has that got to do with it? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just asking whether he would like to provide me with a copy of the e-mail. Members cannot really understand this question until they have read the e-mail. Mr T.R. Buswell : I have seen the e-mail. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Okay, the member has seen the e-mail. It is a great pity that I do not have a copy of the e-mail with me, because it would shed a lot of light on the - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is a great pity. I had a copy with me earlier, but I cannot locate it. I have to confess that I had no knowledge of this and I am very concerned. I will now share with the house the contents of the e-mail, a copy of which has just been provided to me, because it is of great concern. Mr Hynes states in the e-mail - Being merely a humble journalist in the public employ, I have been assigned the arduous task of conducting a comparative study of inter-modal transport systems in England, France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Belgium and a couple of other places over the next few weeks. He went on to say - I expect to freeze my bollocks off but, for the greater good and in the interests of even cleaner, greener and more efficient public transport, I leave tonight and return on January 10. He then said - You need not adjust your contact books - He then gave the details of other people who could be contacted during his absence. He went on to say - I expect you all to behave in my absence. I will be scouring the clippings and tapes when I return, and will be on the alert for any of your usual nonsense. I will be particularly watchful - Mr Taylor - for the tiresome “strike-plagued,” the rather hurtful expression “snailrail” and sundry gratuitous insults and unflattering references. On the other hand, fulsome praise of our Christmas/New Year services will be welcomed. Cheers (and Merry Christmas) DavidH Will the brave new world of industrial relations not allow people to do irony about their impending self-funded holiday? The Howard legislation will now prescribe that people are not allowed to joke about such matters. Members opposite are the joke. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition could not detect the irony in that e-mail, he does not have much of a future. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! If members are all finished, this will be the last question for the year.
(3) What are Mr Hynes qualifications and experience in the field of transport systems research, and will the minister be joining Hynes “on hols”, as he refers to it in his widely distributed e-mail? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(3) I am sorry, but I will need to ask for some indulgence while I try to find the document concerned. This is a very serious matter. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just getting another copy of this important document, because the Parliament needs to be advised fully on this matter. Several members interjected. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am sorry; I want to get a copy of the document. Several members interjected. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition like to give me a copy of the e-mail? Does the Deputy Leader of the Opposition have a copy of the e-mail? Mr M.J. Birney : You have; it’s your department. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just asking whether the Deputy Leader of the Opposition has a copy of the e-mail, and whether he would like to provide it to me. Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : What has that got to do with it? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just asking whether he would like to provide me with a copy of the e-mail. Members cannot really understand this question until they have read the e-mail. Mr T.R. Buswell : I have seen the e-mail. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Okay, the member has seen the e-mail. It is a great pity that I do not have a copy of the e-mail with me, because it would shed a lot of light on the - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is a great pity. I had a copy with me earlier, but I cannot locate it. I have to confess that I had no knowledge of this and I am very concerned. I will now share with the house the contents of the e-mail, a copy of which has just been provided to me, because it is of great concern. Mr Hynes states in the e-mail - Being merely a humble journalist in the public employ, I have been assigned the arduous task of conducting a comparative study of inter-modal transport systems in England, France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Belgium and a couple of other places over the next few weeks. He went on to say - I expect to freeze my bollocks off but, for the greater good and in the interests of even cleaner, greener and more efficient public transport, I leave tonight and return on January 10. He then said - You need not adjust your contact books - He then gave the details of other people who could be contacted during his absence. He went on to say - I expect you all to behave in my absence. I will be scouring the clippings and tapes when I return, and will be on the alert for any of your usual nonsense. I will be particularly watchful - Mr Taylor - for the tiresome “strike-plagued,” the rather hurtful expression “snailrail” and sundry gratuitous insults and unflattering references. On the other hand, fulsome praise of our Christmas/New Year services will be welcomed. Cheers (and Merry Christmas) DavidH Will the brave new world of industrial relations not allow people to do irony about their impending self-funded holiday? The Howard legislation will now prescribe that people are not allowed to joke about such matters. Members opposite are the joke. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition could not detect the irony in that e-mail, he does not have much of a future. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! If members are all finished, this will be the last question for the year.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(3) I am sorry, but I will need to ask for some indulgence while I try to find the document concerned. This is a very serious matter. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just getting another copy of this important document, because the Parliament needs to be advised fully on this matter. Several members interjected. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am sorry; I want to get a copy of the document. Several members interjected. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition like to give me a copy of the e-mail? Does the Deputy Leader of the Opposition have a copy of the e-mail? Mr M.J. Birney : You have; it’s your department. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just asking whether the Deputy Leader of the Opposition has a copy of the e-mail, and whether he would like to provide it to me. Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : What has that got to do with it? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just asking whether he would like to provide me with a copy of the e-mail. Members cannot really understand this question until they have read the e-mail. Mr T.R. Buswell : I have seen the e-mail. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Okay, the member has seen the e-mail. It is a great pity that I do not have a copy of the e-mail with me, because it would shed a lot of light on the - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is a great pity. I had a copy with me earlier, but I cannot locate it. I have to confess that I had no knowledge of this and I am very concerned. I will now share with the house the contents of the e-mail, a copy of which has just been provided to me, because it is of great concern. Mr Hynes states in the e-mail - Being merely a humble journalist in the public employ, I have been assigned the arduous task of conducting a comparative study of inter-modal transport systems in England, France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Belgium and a couple of other places over the next few weeks. He went on to say - I expect to freeze my bollocks off but, for the greater good and in the interests of even cleaner, greener and more efficient public transport, I leave tonight and return on January 10. He then said - You need not adjust your contact books - He then gave the details of other people who could be contacted during his absence. He went on to say - I expect you all to behave in my absence. I will be scouring the clippings and tapes when I return, and will be on the alert for any of your usual nonsense. I will be particularly watchful - Mr Taylor - for the tiresome “strike-plagued,” the rather hurtful expression “snailrail” and sundry gratuitous insults and unflattering references. On the other hand, fulsome praise of our Christmas/New Year services will be welcomed. Cheers (and Merry Christmas) DavidH Will the brave new world of industrial relations not allow people to do irony about their impending self-funded holiday? The Howard legislation will now prescribe that people are not allowed to joke about such matters. Members opposite are the joke. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition could not detect the irony in that e-mail, he does not have much of a future. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! If members are all finished, this will be the last question for the year.
(1)-(3) I am sorry, but I will need to ask for some indulgence while I try to find the document concerned. This is a very serious matter. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just getting another copy of this important document, because the Parliament needs to be advised fully on this matter. Several members interjected. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am sorry; I want to get a copy of the document. Several members interjected. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition like to give me a copy of the e-mail? Does the Deputy Leader of the Opposition have a copy of the e-mail? Mr M.J. Birney : You have; it’s your department. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just asking whether the Deputy Leader of the Opposition has a copy of the e-mail, and whether he would like to provide it to me. Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : What has that got to do with it? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just asking whether he would like to provide me with a copy of the e-mail. Members cannot really understand this question until they have read the e-mail. Mr T.R. Buswell : I have seen the e-mail. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Okay, the member has seen the e-mail. It is a great pity that I do not have a copy of the e-mail with me, because it would shed a lot of light on the - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is a great pity. I had a copy with me earlier, but I cannot locate it. I have to confess that I had no knowledge of this and I am very concerned. I will now share with the house the contents of the e-mail, a copy of which has just been provided to me, because it is of great concern. Mr Hynes states in the e-mail - Being merely a humble journalist in the public employ, I have been assigned the arduous task of conducting a comparative study of inter-modal transport systems in England, France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Belgium and a couple of other places over the next few weeks. He went on to say - I expect to freeze my bollocks off but, for the greater good and in the interests of even cleaner, greener and more efficient public transport, I leave tonight and return on January 10. He then said - You need not adjust your contact books - He then gave the details of other people who could be contacted during his absence. He went on to say - I expect you all to behave in my absence. I will be scouring the clippings and tapes when I return, and will be on the alert for any of your usual nonsense. I will be particularly watchful - Mr Taylor - for the tiresome “strike-plagued,” the rather hurtful expression “snailrail” and sundry gratuitous insults and unflattering references. On the other hand, fulsome praise of our Christmas/New Year services will be welcomed. Cheers (and Merry Christmas) DavidH Will the brave new world of industrial relations not allow people to do irony about their impending self-funded holiday? The Howard legislation will now prescribe that people are not allowed to joke about such matters. Members opposite are the joke. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition could not detect the irony in that e-mail, he does not have much of a future. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! If members are all finished, this will be the last question for the year.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just getting another copy of this important document, because the Parliament needs to be advised fully on this matter. Several members interjected. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am sorry; I want to get a copy of the document. Several members interjected. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition like to give me a copy of the e-mail? Does the Deputy Leader of the Opposition have a copy of the e-mail? Mr M.J. Birney : You have; it’s your department. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just asking whether the Deputy Leader of the Opposition has a copy of the e-mail, and whether he would like to provide it to me. Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : What has that got to do with it? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just asking whether he would like to provide me with a copy of the e-mail. Members cannot really understand this question until they have read the e-mail. Mr T.R. Buswell : I have seen the e-mail. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Okay, the member has seen the e-mail. It is a great pity that I do not have a copy of the e-mail with me, because it would shed a lot of light on the - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is a great pity. I had a copy with me earlier, but I cannot locate it. I have to confess that I had no knowledge of this and I am very concerned. I will now share with the house the contents of the e-mail, a copy of which has just been provided to me, because it is of great concern. Mr Hynes states in the e-mail - Being merely a humble journalist in the public employ, I have been assigned the arduous task of conducting a comparative study of inter-modal transport systems in England, France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Belgium and a couple of other places over the next few weeks. He went on to say - I expect to freeze my bollocks off but, for the greater good and in the interests of even cleaner, greener and more efficient public transport, I leave tonight and return on January 10. He then said - You need not adjust your contact books - He then gave the details of other people who could be contacted during his absence. He went on to say - I expect you all to behave in my absence. I will be scouring the clippings and tapes when I return, and will be on the alert for any of your usual nonsense. I will be particularly watchful - Mr Taylor - for the tiresome “strike-plagued,” the rather hurtful expression “snailrail” and sundry gratuitous insults and unflattering references. On the other hand, fulsome praise of our Christmas/New Year services will be welcomed. Cheers (and Merry Christmas) DavidH Will the brave new world of industrial relations not allow people to do irony about their impending self-funded holiday? The Howard legislation will now prescribe that people are not allowed to joke about such matters. Members opposite are the joke. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition could not detect the irony in that e-mail, he does not have much of a future. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! If members are all finished, this will be the last question for the year.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just getting another copy of this important document, because the Parliament needs to be advised fully on this matter. Several members interjected. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am sorry; I want to get a copy of the document. Several members interjected. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition like to give me a copy of the e-mail? Does the Deputy Leader of the Opposition have a copy of the e-mail? Mr M.J. Birney : You have; it’s your department. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just asking whether the Deputy Leader of the Opposition has a copy of the e-mail, and whether he would like to provide it to me. Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : What has that got to do with it? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just asking whether he would like to provide me with a copy of the e-mail. Members cannot really understand this question until they have read the e-mail. Mr T.R. Buswell : I have seen the e-mail. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Okay, the member has seen the e-mail. It is a great pity that I do not have a copy of the e-mail with me, because it would shed a lot of light on the - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is a great pity. I had a copy with me earlier, but I cannot locate it. I have to confess that I had no knowledge of this and I am very concerned. I will now share with the house the contents of the e-mail, a copy of which has just been provided to me, because it is of great concern. Mr Hynes states in the e-mail - Being merely a humble journalist in the public employ, I have been assigned the arduous task of conducting a comparative study of inter-modal transport systems in England, France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Belgium and a couple of other places over the next few weeks. He went on to say - I expect to freeze my bollocks off but, for the greater good and in the interests of even cleaner, greener and more efficient public transport, I leave tonight and return on January 10. He then said - You need not adjust your contact books - He then gave the details of other people who could be contacted during his absence. He went on to say - I expect you all to behave in my absence. I will be scouring the clippings and tapes when I return, and will be on the alert for any of your usual nonsense. I will be particularly watchful - Mr Taylor - for the tiresome “strike-plagued,” the rather hurtful expression “snailrail” and sundry gratuitous insults and unflattering references. On the other hand, fulsome praise of our Christmas/New Year services will be welcomed. Cheers (and Merry Christmas) DavidH Will the brave new world of industrial relations not allow people to do irony about their impending self-funded holiday? The Howard legislation will now prescribe that people are not allowed to joke about such matters. Members opposite are the joke. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition could not detect the irony in that e-mail, he does not have much of a future. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! If members are all finished, this will be the last question for the year.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just getting another copy of this important document, because the Parliament needs to be advised fully on this matter. Several members interjected. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am sorry; I want to get a copy of the document. Several members interjected. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition like to give me a copy of the e-mail? Does the Deputy Leader of the Opposition have a copy of the e-mail? Mr M.J. Birney : You have; it’s your department. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just asking whether the Deputy Leader of the Opposition has a copy of the e-mail, and whether he would like to provide it to me. Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : What has that got to do with it? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just asking whether he would like to provide me with a copy of the e-mail. Members cannot really understand this question until they have read the e-mail. Mr T.R. Buswell : I have seen the e-mail. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Okay, the member has seen the e-mail. It is a great pity that I do not have a copy of the e-mail with me, because it would shed a lot of light on the - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is a great pity. I had a copy with me earlier, but I cannot locate it. I have to confess that I had no knowledge of this and I am very concerned. I will now share with the house the contents of the e-mail, a copy of which has just been provided to me, because it is of great concern. Mr Hynes states in the e-mail - Being merely a humble journalist in the public employ, I have been assigned the arduous task of conducting a comparative study of inter-modal transport systems in England, France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Belgium and a couple of other places over the next few weeks. He went on to say - I expect to freeze my bollocks off but, for the greater good and in the interests of even cleaner, greener and more efficient public transport, I leave tonight and return on January 10. He then said - You need not adjust your contact books - He then gave the details of other people who could be contacted during his absence. He went on to say - I expect you all to behave in my absence. I will be scouring the clippings and tapes when I return, and will be on the alert for any of your usual nonsense. I will be particularly watchful - Mr Taylor - for the tiresome “strike-plagued,” the rather hurtful expression “snailrail” and sundry gratuitous insults and unflattering references. On the other hand, fulsome praise of our Christmas/New Year services will be welcomed. Cheers (and Merry Christmas) DavidH Will the brave new world of industrial relations not allow people to do irony about their impending self-funded holiday? The Howard legislation will now prescribe that people are not allowed to joke about such matters. Members opposite are the joke. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition could not detect the irony in that e-mail, he does not have much of a future. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! If members are all finished, this will be the last question for the year.
Several members interjected. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am sorry; I want to get a copy of the document. Several members interjected. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition like to give me a copy of the e-mail? Does the Deputy Leader of the Opposition have a copy of the e-mail? Mr M.J. Birney : You have; it’s your department. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just asking whether the Deputy Leader of the Opposition has a copy of the e-mail, and whether he would like to provide it to me. Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : What has that got to do with it? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just asking whether he would like to provide me with a copy of the e-mail. Members cannot really understand this question until they have read the e-mail. Mr T.R. Buswell : I have seen the e-mail. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Okay, the member has seen the e-mail. It is a great pity that I do not have a copy of the e-mail with me, because it would shed a lot of light on the - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is a great pity. I had a copy with me earlier, but I cannot locate it. I have to confess that I had no knowledge of this and I am very concerned. I will now share with the house the contents of the e-mail, a copy of which has just been provided to me, because it is of great concern. Mr Hynes states in the e-mail - Being merely a humble journalist in the public employ, I have been assigned the arduous task of conducting a comparative study of inter-modal transport systems in England, France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Belgium and a couple of other places over the next few weeks. He went on to say - I expect to freeze my bollocks off but, for the greater good and in the interests of even cleaner, greener and more efficient public transport, I leave tonight and return on January 10. He then said - You need not adjust your contact books - He then gave the details of other people who could be contacted during his absence. He went on to say - I expect you all to behave in my absence. I will be scouring the clippings and tapes when I return, and will be on the alert for any of your usual nonsense. I will be particularly watchful - Mr Taylor - for the tiresome “strike-plagued,” the rather hurtful expression “snailrail” and sundry gratuitous insults and unflattering references. On the other hand, fulsome praise of our Christmas/New Year services will be welcomed. Cheers (and Merry Christmas) DavidH Will the brave new world of industrial relations not allow people to do irony about their impending self-funded holiday? The Howard legislation will now prescribe that people are not allowed to joke about such matters. Members opposite are the joke. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition could not detect the irony in that e-mail, he does not have much of a future. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! If members are all finished, this will be the last question for the year.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am sorry; I want to get a copy of the document. Several members interjected. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition like to give me a copy of the e-mail? Does the Deputy Leader of the Opposition have a copy of the e-mail? Mr M.J. Birney : You have; it’s your department. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just asking whether the Deputy Leader of the Opposition has a copy of the e-mail, and whether he would like to provide it to me. Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : What has that got to do with it? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just asking whether he would like to provide me with a copy of the e-mail. Members cannot really understand this question until they have read the e-mail. Mr T.R. Buswell : I have seen the e-mail. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Okay, the member has seen the e-mail. It is a great pity that I do not have a copy of the e-mail with me, because it would shed a lot of light on the - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is a great pity. I had a copy with me earlier, but I cannot locate it. I have to confess that I had no knowledge of this and I am very concerned. I will now share with the house the contents of the e-mail, a copy of which has just been provided to me, because it is of great concern. Mr Hynes states in the e-mail - Being merely a humble journalist in the public employ, I have been assigned the arduous task of conducting a comparative study of inter-modal transport systems in England, France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Belgium and a couple of other places over the next few weeks. He went on to say - I expect to freeze my bollocks off but, for the greater good and in the interests of even cleaner, greener and more efficient public transport, I leave tonight and return on January 10. He then said - You need not adjust your contact books - He then gave the details of other people who could be contacted during his absence. He went on to say - I expect you all to behave in my absence. I will be scouring the clippings and tapes when I return, and will be on the alert for any of your usual nonsense. I will be particularly watchful - Mr Taylor - for the tiresome “strike-plagued,” the rather hurtful expression “snailrail” and sundry gratuitous insults and unflattering references. On the other hand, fulsome praise of our Christmas/New Year services will be welcomed. Cheers (and Merry Christmas) DavidH Will the brave new world of industrial relations not allow people to do irony about their impending self-funded holiday? The Howard legislation will now prescribe that people are not allowed to joke about such matters. Members opposite are the joke. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition could not detect the irony in that e-mail, he does not have much of a future. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! If members are all finished, this will be the last question for the year.
Several members interjected. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition like to give me a copy of the e-mail? Does the Deputy Leader of the Opposition have a copy of the e-mail? Mr M.J. Birney : You have; it’s your department. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just asking whether the Deputy Leader of the Opposition has a copy of the e-mail, and whether he would like to provide it to me. Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : What has that got to do with it? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just asking whether he would like to provide me with a copy of the e-mail. Members cannot really understand this question until they have read the e-mail. Mr T.R. Buswell : I have seen the e-mail. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Okay, the member has seen the e-mail. It is a great pity that I do not have a copy of the e-mail with me, because it would shed a lot of light on the - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is a great pity. I had a copy with me earlier, but I cannot locate it. I have to confess that I had no knowledge of this and I am very concerned. I will now share with the house the contents of the e-mail, a copy of which has just been provided to me, because it is of great concern. Mr Hynes states in the e-mail - Being merely a humble journalist in the public employ, I have been assigned the arduous task of conducting a comparative study of inter-modal transport systems in England, France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Belgium and a couple of other places over the next few weeks. He went on to say - I expect to freeze my bollocks off but, for the greater good and in the interests of even cleaner, greener and more efficient public transport, I leave tonight and return on January 10. He then said - You need not adjust your contact books - He then gave the details of other people who could be contacted during his absence. He went on to say - I expect you all to behave in my absence. I will be scouring the clippings and tapes when I return, and will be on the alert for any of your usual nonsense. I will be particularly watchful - Mr Taylor - for the tiresome “strike-plagued,” the rather hurtful expression “snailrail” and sundry gratuitous insults and unflattering references. On the other hand, fulsome praise of our Christmas/New Year services will be welcomed. Cheers (and Merry Christmas) DavidH Will the brave new world of industrial relations not allow people to do irony about their impending self-funded holiday? The Howard legislation will now prescribe that people are not allowed to joke about such matters. Members opposite are the joke. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition could not detect the irony in that e-mail, he does not have much of a future. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! If members are all finished, this will be the last question for the year.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition like to give me a copy of the e-mail? Does the Deputy Leader of the Opposition have a copy of the e-mail? Mr M.J. Birney : You have; it’s your department. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just asking whether the Deputy Leader of the Opposition has a copy of the e-mail, and whether he would like to provide it to me. Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : What has that got to do with it? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just asking whether he would like to provide me with a copy of the e-mail. Members cannot really understand this question until they have read the e-mail. Mr T.R. Buswell : I have seen the e-mail. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Okay, the member has seen the e-mail. It is a great pity that I do not have a copy of the e-mail with me, because it would shed a lot of light on the - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is a great pity. I had a copy with me earlier, but I cannot locate it. I have to confess that I had no knowledge of this and I am very concerned. I will now share with the house the contents of the e-mail, a copy of which has just been provided to me, because it is of great concern. Mr Hynes states in the e-mail - Being merely a humble journalist in the public employ, I have been assigned the arduous task of conducting a comparative study of inter-modal transport systems in England, France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Belgium and a couple of other places over the next few weeks. He went on to say - I expect to freeze my bollocks off but, for the greater good and in the interests of even cleaner, greener and more efficient public transport, I leave tonight and return on January 10. He then said - You need not adjust your contact books - He then gave the details of other people who could be contacted during his absence. He went on to say - I expect you all to behave in my absence. I will be scouring the clippings and tapes when I return, and will be on the alert for any of your usual nonsense. I will be particularly watchful - Mr Taylor - for the tiresome “strike-plagued,” the rather hurtful expression “snailrail” and sundry gratuitous insults and unflattering references. On the other hand, fulsome praise of our Christmas/New Year services will be welcomed. Cheers (and Merry Christmas) DavidH Will the brave new world of industrial relations not allow people to do irony about their impending self-funded holiday? The Howard legislation will now prescribe that people are not allowed to joke about such matters. Members opposite are the joke. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition could not detect the irony in that e-mail, he does not have much of a future. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! If members are all finished, this will be the last question for the year.
Mr M.J. Birney : You have; it’s your department. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just asking whether the Deputy Leader of the Opposition has a copy of the e-mail, and whether he would like to provide it to me. Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : What has that got to do with it? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just asking whether he would like to provide me with a copy of the e-mail. Members cannot really understand this question until they have read the e-mail. Mr T.R. Buswell : I have seen the e-mail. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Okay, the member has seen the e-mail. It is a great pity that I do not have a copy of the e-mail with me, because it would shed a lot of light on the - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is a great pity. I had a copy with me earlier, but I cannot locate it. I have to confess that I had no knowledge of this and I am very concerned. I will now share with the house the contents of the e-mail, a copy of which has just been provided to me, because it is of great concern. Mr Hynes states in the e-mail - Being merely a humble journalist in the public employ, I have been assigned the arduous task of conducting a comparative study of inter-modal transport systems in England, France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Belgium and a couple of other places over the next few weeks. He went on to say - I expect to freeze my bollocks off but, for the greater good and in the interests of even cleaner, greener and more efficient public transport, I leave tonight and return on January 10. He then said - You need not adjust your contact books - He then gave the details of other people who could be contacted during his absence. He went on to say - I expect you all to behave in my absence. I will be scouring the clippings and tapes when I return, and will be on the alert for any of your usual nonsense. I will be particularly watchful - Mr Taylor - for the tiresome “strike-plagued,” the rather hurtful expression “snailrail” and sundry gratuitous insults and unflattering references. On the other hand, fulsome praise of our Christmas/New Year services will be welcomed. Cheers (and Merry Christmas) DavidH Will the brave new world of industrial relations not allow people to do irony about their impending self-funded holiday? The Howard legislation will now prescribe that people are not allowed to joke about such matters. Members opposite are the joke. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition could not detect the irony in that e-mail, he does not have much of a future. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! If members are all finished, this will be the last question for the year.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just asking whether the Deputy Leader of the Opposition has a copy of the e-mail, and whether he would like to provide it to me. Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : What has that got to do with it? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just asking whether he would like to provide me with a copy of the e-mail. Members cannot really understand this question until they have read the e-mail. Mr T.R. Buswell : I have seen the e-mail. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Okay, the member has seen the e-mail. It is a great pity that I do not have a copy of the e-mail with me, because it would shed a lot of light on the - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is a great pity. I had a copy with me earlier, but I cannot locate it. I have to confess that I had no knowledge of this and I am very concerned. I will now share with the house the contents of the e-mail, a copy of which has just been provided to me, because it is of great concern. Mr Hynes states in the e-mail - Being merely a humble journalist in the public employ, I have been assigned the arduous task of conducting a comparative study of inter-modal transport systems in England, France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Belgium and a couple of other places over the next few weeks. He went on to say - I expect to freeze my bollocks off but, for the greater good and in the interests of even cleaner, greener and more efficient public transport, I leave tonight and return on January 10. He then said - You need not adjust your contact books - He then gave the details of other people who could be contacted during his absence. He went on to say - I expect you all to behave in my absence. I will be scouring the clippings and tapes when I return, and will be on the alert for any of your usual nonsense. I will be particularly watchful - Mr Taylor - for the tiresome “strike-plagued,” the rather hurtful expression “snailrail” and sundry gratuitous insults and unflattering references. On the other hand, fulsome praise of our Christmas/New Year services will be welcomed. Cheers (and Merry Christmas) DavidH Will the brave new world of industrial relations not allow people to do irony about their impending self-funded holiday? The Howard legislation will now prescribe that people are not allowed to joke about such matters. Members opposite are the joke. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition could not detect the irony in that e-mail, he does not have much of a future. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! If members are all finished, this will be the last question for the year.
Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : What has that got to do with it? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just asking whether he would like to provide me with a copy of the e-mail. Members cannot really understand this question until they have read the e-mail. Mr T.R. Buswell : I have seen the e-mail. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Okay, the member has seen the e-mail. It is a great pity that I do not have a copy of the e-mail with me, because it would shed a lot of light on the - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is a great pity. I had a copy with me earlier, but I cannot locate it. I have to confess that I had no knowledge of this and I am very concerned. I will now share with the house the contents of the e-mail, a copy of which has just been provided to me, because it is of great concern. Mr Hynes states in the e-mail - Being merely a humble journalist in the public employ, I have been assigned the arduous task of conducting a comparative study of inter-modal transport systems in England, France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Belgium and a couple of other places over the next few weeks. He went on to say - I expect to freeze my bollocks off but, for the greater good and in the interests of even cleaner, greener and more efficient public transport, I leave tonight and return on January 10. He then said - You need not adjust your contact books - He then gave the details of other people who could be contacted during his absence. He went on to say - I expect you all to behave in my absence. I will be scouring the clippings and tapes when I return, and will be on the alert for any of your usual nonsense. I will be particularly watchful - Mr Taylor - for the tiresome “strike-plagued,” the rather hurtful expression “snailrail” and sundry gratuitous insults and unflattering references. On the other hand, fulsome praise of our Christmas/New Year services will be welcomed. Cheers (and Merry Christmas) DavidH Will the brave new world of industrial relations not allow people to do irony about their impending self-funded holiday? The Howard legislation will now prescribe that people are not allowed to joke about such matters. Members opposite are the joke. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition could not detect the irony in that e-mail, he does not have much of a future. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! If members are all finished, this will be the last question for the year.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just asking whether he would like to provide me with a copy of the e-mail. Members cannot really understand this question until they have read the e-mail. Mr T.R. Buswell : I have seen the e-mail. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Okay, the member has seen the e-mail. It is a great pity that I do not have a copy of the e-mail with me, because it would shed a lot of light on the - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is a great pity. I had a copy with me earlier, but I cannot locate it. I have to confess that I had no knowledge of this and I am very concerned. I will now share with the house the contents of the e-mail, a copy of which has just been provided to me, because it is of great concern. Mr Hynes states in the e-mail - Being merely a humble journalist in the public employ, I have been assigned the arduous task of conducting a comparative study of inter-modal transport systems in England, France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Belgium and a couple of other places over the next few weeks. He went on to say - I expect to freeze my bollocks off but, for the greater good and in the interests of even cleaner, greener and more efficient public transport, I leave tonight and return on January 10. He then said - You need not adjust your contact books - He then gave the details of other people who could be contacted during his absence. He went on to say - I expect you all to behave in my absence. I will be scouring the clippings and tapes when I return, and will be on the alert for any of your usual nonsense. I will be particularly watchful - Mr Taylor - for the tiresome “strike-plagued,” the rather hurtful expression “snailrail” and sundry gratuitous insults and unflattering references. On the other hand, fulsome praise of our Christmas/New Year services will be welcomed. Cheers (and Merry Christmas) DavidH Will the brave new world of industrial relations not allow people to do irony about their impending self-funded holiday? The Howard legislation will now prescribe that people are not allowed to joke about such matters. Members opposite are the joke. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition could not detect the irony in that e-mail, he does not have much of a future. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! If members are all finished, this will be the last question for the year.
Mr T.R. Buswell : I have seen the e-mail. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Okay, the member has seen the e-mail. It is a great pity that I do not have a copy of the e-mail with me, because it would shed a lot of light on the - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is a great pity. I had a copy with me earlier, but I cannot locate it. I have to confess that I had no knowledge of this and I am very concerned. I will now share with the house the contents of the e-mail, a copy of which has just been provided to me, because it is of great concern. Mr Hynes states in the e-mail - Being merely a humble journalist in the public employ, I have been assigned the arduous task of conducting a comparative study of inter-modal transport systems in England, France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Belgium and a couple of other places over the next few weeks. He went on to say - I expect to freeze my bollocks off but, for the greater good and in the interests of even cleaner, greener and more efficient public transport, I leave tonight and return on January 10. He then said - You need not adjust your contact books - He then gave the details of other people who could be contacted during his absence. He went on to say - I expect you all to behave in my absence. I will be scouring the clippings and tapes when I return, and will be on the alert for any of your usual nonsense. I will be particularly watchful - Mr Taylor - for the tiresome “strike-plagued,” the rather hurtful expression “snailrail” and sundry gratuitous insults and unflattering references. On the other hand, fulsome praise of our Christmas/New Year services will be welcomed. Cheers (and Merry Christmas) DavidH Will the brave new world of industrial relations not allow people to do irony about their impending self-funded holiday? The Howard legislation will now prescribe that people are not allowed to joke about such matters. Members opposite are the joke. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition could not detect the irony in that e-mail, he does not have much of a future. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! If members are all finished, this will be the last question for the year.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Okay, the member has seen the e-mail. It is a great pity that I do not have a copy of the e-mail with me, because it would shed a lot of light on the - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is a great pity. I had a copy with me earlier, but I cannot locate it. I have to confess that I had no knowledge of this and I am very concerned. I will now share with the house the contents of the e-mail, a copy of which has just been provided to me, because it is of great concern. Mr Hynes states in the e-mail - Being merely a humble journalist in the public employ, I have been assigned the arduous task of conducting a comparative study of inter-modal transport systems in England, France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Belgium and a couple of other places over the next few weeks. He went on to say - I expect to freeze my bollocks off but, for the greater good and in the interests of even cleaner, greener and more efficient public transport, I leave tonight and return on January 10. He then said - You need not adjust your contact books - He then gave the details of other people who could be contacted during his absence. He went on to say - I expect you all to behave in my absence. I will be scouring the clippings and tapes when I return, and will be on the alert for any of your usual nonsense. I will be particularly watchful - Mr Taylor - for the tiresome “strike-plagued,” the rather hurtful expression “snailrail” and sundry gratuitous insults and unflattering references. On the other hand, fulsome praise of our Christmas/New Year services will be welcomed. Cheers (and Merry Christmas) DavidH Will the brave new world of industrial relations not allow people to do irony about their impending self-funded holiday? The Howard legislation will now prescribe that people are not allowed to joke about such matters. Members opposite are the joke. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition could not detect the irony in that e-mail, he does not have much of a future. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! If members are all finished, this will be the last question for the year.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is a great pity. I had a copy with me earlier, but I cannot locate it. I have to confess that I had no knowledge of this and I am very concerned. I will now share with the house the contents of the e-mail, a copy of which has just been provided to me, because it is of great concern. Mr Hynes states in the e-mail - Being merely a humble journalist in the public employ, I have been assigned the arduous task of conducting a comparative study of inter-modal transport systems in England, France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Belgium and a couple of other places over the next few weeks. He went on to say - I expect to freeze my bollocks off but, for the greater good and in the interests of even cleaner, greener and more efficient public transport, I leave tonight and return on January 10. He then said - You need not adjust your contact books - He then gave the details of other people who could be contacted during his absence. He went on to say - I expect you all to behave in my absence. I will be scouring the clippings and tapes when I return, and will be on the alert for any of your usual nonsense. I will be particularly watchful - Mr Taylor - for the tiresome “strike-plagued,” the rather hurtful expression “snailrail” and sundry gratuitous insults and unflattering references. On the other hand, fulsome praise of our Christmas/New Year services will be welcomed. Cheers (and Merry Christmas) DavidH Will the brave new world of industrial relations not allow people to do irony about their impending self-funded holiday? The Howard legislation will now prescribe that people are not allowed to joke about such matters. Members opposite are the joke. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition could not detect the irony in that e-mail, he does not have much of a future. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! If members are all finished, this will be the last question for the year.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is a great pity. I had a copy with me earlier, but I cannot locate it. I have to confess that I had no knowledge of this and I am very concerned. I will now share with the house the contents of the e-mail, a copy of which has just been provided to me, because it is of great concern. Mr Hynes states in the e-mail - Being merely a humble journalist in the public employ, I have been assigned the arduous task of conducting a comparative study of inter-modal transport systems in England, France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Belgium and a couple of other places over the next few weeks. He went on to say - I expect to freeze my bollocks off but, for the greater good and in the interests of even cleaner, greener and more efficient public transport, I leave tonight and return on January 10. He then said - You need not adjust your contact books - He then gave the details of other people who could be contacted during his absence. He went on to say - I expect you all to behave in my absence. I will be scouring the clippings and tapes when I return, and will be on the alert for any of your usual nonsense. I will be particularly watchful - Mr Taylor - for the tiresome “strike-plagued,” the rather hurtful expression “snailrail” and sundry gratuitous insults and unflattering references. On the other hand, fulsome praise of our Christmas/New Year services will be welcomed. Cheers (and Merry Christmas) DavidH Will the brave new world of industrial relations not allow people to do irony about their impending self-funded holiday? The Howard legislation will now prescribe that people are not allowed to joke about such matters. Members opposite are the joke. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition could not detect the irony in that e-mail, he does not have much of a future. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! If members are all finished, this will be the last question for the year.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is a great pity. I had a copy with me earlier, but I cannot locate it. I have to confess that I had no knowledge of this and I am very concerned. I will now share with the house the contents of the e-mail, a copy of which has just been provided to me, because it is of great concern. Mr Hynes states in the e-mail - Being merely a humble journalist in the public employ, I have been assigned the arduous task of conducting a comparative study of inter-modal transport systems in England, France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Belgium and a couple of other places over the next few weeks. He went on to say - I expect to freeze my bollocks off but, for the greater good and in the interests of even cleaner, greener and more efficient public transport, I leave tonight and return on January 10. He then said - You need not adjust your contact books - He then gave the details of other people who could be contacted during his absence. He went on to say - I expect you all to behave in my absence. I will be scouring the clippings and tapes when I return, and will be on the alert for any of your usual nonsense. I will be particularly watchful - Mr Taylor - for the tiresome “strike-plagued,” the rather hurtful expression “snailrail” and sundry gratuitous insults and unflattering references. On the other hand, fulsome praise of our Christmas/New Year services will be welcomed. Cheers (and Merry Christmas) DavidH Will the brave new world of industrial relations not allow people to do irony about their impending self-funded holiday? The Howard legislation will now prescribe that people are not allowed to joke about such matters. Members opposite are the joke. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition could not detect the irony in that e-mail, he does not have much of a future. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! If members are all finished, this will be the last question for the year.
Cheers (and Merry Christmas) DavidH
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Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! If members are all finished, this will be the last question for the year.
The SPEAKER : Order! If members are all finished, this will be the last question for the year.
(1) Will the minister provide the details of, and who approved, the self-described European holiday for a publicly employed journalist? (2) How much will this 42-day publicly funded self-described holiday cost? (3) What are Mr Hynes qualifications and experience in the field of transport systems research, and will the minister be joining Hynes “on hols”, as he refers to it in his widely distributed e-mail? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(3) I am sorry, but I will need to ask for some indulgence while I try to find the document concerned. This is a very serious matter. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just getting another copy of this important document, because the Parliament needs to be advised fully on this matter. Several members interjected. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am sorry; I want to get a copy of the document. Several members interjected. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition like to give me a copy of the e-mail? Does the Deputy Leader of the Opposition have a copy of the e-mail? Mr M.J. Birney : You have; it’s your department. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just asking whether the Deputy Leader of the Opposition has a copy of the e-mail, and whether he would like to provide it to me. Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : What has that got to do with it? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just asking whether he would like to provide me with a copy of the e-mail. Members cannot really understand this question until they have read the e-mail. Mr T.R. Buswell : I have seen the e-mail. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Okay, the member has seen the e-mail. It is a great pity that I do not have a copy of the e-mail with me, because it would shed a lot of light on the - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is a great pity. I had a copy with me earlier, but I cannot locate it. I have to confess that I had no knowledge of this and I am very concerned. I will now share with the house the contents of the e-mail, a copy of which has just been provided to me, because it is of great concern. Mr Hynes states in the e-mail - Being merely a humble journalist in the public employ, I have been assigned the arduous task of conducting a comparative study of inter-modal transport systems in England, France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Belgium and a couple of other places over the next few weeks. He went on to say - I expect to freeze my bollocks off but, for the greater good and in the interests of even cleaner, greener and more efficient public transport, I leave tonight and return on January 10. He then said - You need not adjust your contact books - He then gave the details of other people who could be contacted during his absence. He went on to say - I expect you all to behave in my absence. I will be scouring the clippings and tapes when I return, and will be on the alert for any of your usual nonsense. I will be particularly watchful - Mr Taylor - for the tiresome “strike-plagued,” the rather hurtful expression “snailrail” and sundry gratuitous insults and unflattering references. On the other hand, fulsome praise of our Christmas/New Year services will be welcomed. Cheers (and Merry Christmas) DavidH Will the brave new world of industrial relations not allow people to do irony about their impending self-funded holiday? The Howard legislation will now prescribe that people are not allowed to joke about such matters. Members opposite are the joke. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition could not detect the irony in that e-mail, he does not have much of a future. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! If members are all finished, this will be the last question for the year.
(2) How much will this 42-day publicly funded self-described holiday cost? (3) What are Mr Hynes qualifications and experience in the field of transport systems research, and will the minister be joining Hynes “on hols”, as he refers to it in his widely distributed e-mail? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(3) I am sorry, but I will need to ask for some indulgence while I try to find the document concerned. This is a very serious matter. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just getting another copy of this important document, because the Parliament needs to be advised fully on this matter. Several members interjected. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am sorry; I want to get a copy of the document. Several members interjected. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition like to give me a copy of the e-mail? Does the Deputy Leader of the Opposition have a copy of the e-mail? Mr M.J. Birney : You have; it’s your department. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just asking whether the Deputy Leader of the Opposition has a copy of the e-mail, and whether he would like to provide it to me. Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : What has that got to do with it? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just asking whether he would like to provide me with a copy of the e-mail. Members cannot really understand this question until they have read the e-mail. Mr T.R. Buswell : I have seen the e-mail. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Okay, the member has seen the e-mail. It is a great pity that I do not have a copy of the e-mail with me, because it would shed a lot of light on the - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is a great pity. I had a copy with me earlier, but I cannot locate it. I have to confess that I had no knowledge of this and I am very concerned. I will now share with the house the contents of the e-mail, a copy of which has just been provided to me, because it is of great concern. Mr Hynes states in the e-mail - Being merely a humble journalist in the public employ, I have been assigned the arduous task of conducting a comparative study of inter-modal transport systems in England, France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Belgium and a couple of other places over the next few weeks. He went on to say - I expect to freeze my bollocks off but, for the greater good and in the interests of even cleaner, greener and more efficient public transport, I leave tonight and return on January 10. He then said - You need not adjust your contact books - He then gave the details of other people who could be contacted during his absence. He went on to say - I expect you all to behave in my absence. I will be scouring the clippings and tapes when I return, and will be on the alert for any of your usual nonsense. I will be particularly watchful - Mr Taylor - for the tiresome “strike-plagued,” the rather hurtful expression “snailrail” and sundry gratuitous insults and unflattering references. On the other hand, fulsome praise of our Christmas/New Year services will be welcomed. Cheers (and Merry Christmas) DavidH Will the brave new world of industrial relations not allow people to do irony about their impending self-funded holiday? The Howard legislation will now prescribe that people are not allowed to joke about such matters. Members opposite are the joke. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition could not detect the irony in that e-mail, he does not have much of a future. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! If members are all finished, this will be the last question for the year.
(3) What are Mr Hynes qualifications and experience in the field of transport systems research, and will the minister be joining Hynes “on hols”, as he refers to it in his widely distributed e-mail? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(3) I am sorry, but I will need to ask for some indulgence while I try to find the document concerned. This is a very serious matter. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just getting another copy of this important document, because the Parliament needs to be advised fully on this matter. Several members interjected. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am sorry; I want to get a copy of the document. Several members interjected. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition like to give me a copy of the e-mail? Does the Deputy Leader of the Opposition have a copy of the e-mail? Mr M.J. Birney : You have; it’s your department. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just asking whether the Deputy Leader of the Opposition has a copy of the e-mail, and whether he would like to provide it to me. Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : What has that got to do with it? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just asking whether he would like to provide me with a copy of the e-mail. Members cannot really understand this question until they have read the e-mail. Mr T.R. Buswell : I have seen the e-mail. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Okay, the member has seen the e-mail. It is a great pity that I do not have a copy of the e-mail with me, because it would shed a lot of light on the - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is a great pity. I had a copy with me earlier, but I cannot locate it. I have to confess that I had no knowledge of this and I am very concerned. I will now share with the house the contents of the e-mail, a copy of which has just been provided to me, because it is of great concern. Mr Hynes states in the e-mail - Being merely a humble journalist in the public employ, I have been assigned the arduous task of conducting a comparative study of inter-modal transport systems in England, France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Belgium and a couple of other places over the next few weeks. He went on to say - I expect to freeze my bollocks off but, for the greater good and in the interests of even cleaner, greener and more efficient public transport, I leave tonight and return on January 10. He then said - You need not adjust your contact books - He then gave the details of other people who could be contacted during his absence. He went on to say - I expect you all to behave in my absence. I will be scouring the clippings and tapes when I return, and will be on the alert for any of your usual nonsense. I will be particularly watchful - Mr Taylor - for the tiresome “strike-plagued,” the rather hurtful expression “snailrail” and sundry gratuitous insults and unflattering references. On the other hand, fulsome praise of our Christmas/New Year services will be welcomed. Cheers (and Merry Christmas) DavidH Will the brave new world of industrial relations not allow people to do irony about their impending self-funded holiday? The Howard legislation will now prescribe that people are not allowed to joke about such matters. Members opposite are the joke. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition could not detect the irony in that e-mail, he does not have much of a future. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! If members are all finished, this will be the last question for the year.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(3) I am sorry, but I will need to ask for some indulgence while I try to find the document concerned. This is a very serious matter. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just getting another copy of this important document, because the Parliament needs to be advised fully on this matter. Several members interjected. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am sorry; I want to get a copy of the document. Several members interjected. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition like to give me a copy of the e-mail? Does the Deputy Leader of the Opposition have a copy of the e-mail? Mr M.J. Birney : You have; it’s your department. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just asking whether the Deputy Leader of the Opposition has a copy of the e-mail, and whether he would like to provide it to me. Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : What has that got to do with it? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just asking whether he would like to provide me with a copy of the e-mail. Members cannot really understand this question until they have read the e-mail. Mr T.R. Buswell : I have seen the e-mail. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Okay, the member has seen the e-mail. It is a great pity that I do not have a copy of the e-mail with me, because it would shed a lot of light on the - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is a great pity. I had a copy with me earlier, but I cannot locate it. I have to confess that I had no knowledge of this and I am very concerned. I will now share with the house the contents of the e-mail, a copy of which has just been provided to me, because it is of great concern. Mr Hynes states in the e-mail - Being merely a humble journalist in the public employ, I have been assigned the arduous task of conducting a comparative study of inter-modal transport systems in England, France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Belgium and a couple of other places over the next few weeks. He went on to say - I expect to freeze my bollocks off but, for the greater good and in the interests of even cleaner, greener and more efficient public transport, I leave tonight and return on January 10. He then said - You need not adjust your contact books - He then gave the details of other people who could be contacted during his absence. He went on to say - I expect you all to behave in my absence. I will be scouring the clippings and tapes when I return, and will be on the alert for any of your usual nonsense. I will be particularly watchful - Mr Taylor - for the tiresome “strike-plagued,” the rather hurtful expression “snailrail” and sundry gratuitous insults and unflattering references. On the other hand, fulsome praise of our Christmas/New Year services will be welcomed. Cheers (and Merry Christmas) DavidH Will the brave new world of industrial relations not allow people to do irony about their impending self-funded holiday? The Howard legislation will now prescribe that people are not allowed to joke about such matters. Members opposite are the joke. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition could not detect the irony in that e-mail, he does not have much of a future. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! If members are all finished, this will be the last question for the year.
(1)-(3) I am sorry, but I will need to ask for some indulgence while I try to find the document concerned. This is a very serious matter. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just getting another copy of this important document, because the Parliament needs to be advised fully on this matter. Several members interjected. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am sorry; I want to get a copy of the document. Several members interjected. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition like to give me a copy of the e-mail? Does the Deputy Leader of the Opposition have a copy of the e-mail? Mr M.J. Birney : You have; it’s your department. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just asking whether the Deputy Leader of the Opposition has a copy of the e-mail, and whether he would like to provide it to me. Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : What has that got to do with it? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just asking whether he would like to provide me with a copy of the e-mail. Members cannot really understand this question until they have read the e-mail. Mr T.R. Buswell : I have seen the e-mail. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Okay, the member has seen the e-mail. It is a great pity that I do not have a copy of the e-mail with me, because it would shed a lot of light on the - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is a great pity. I had a copy with me earlier, but I cannot locate it. I have to confess that I had no knowledge of this and I am very concerned. I will now share with the house the contents of the e-mail, a copy of which has just been provided to me, because it is of great concern. Mr Hynes states in the e-mail - Being merely a humble journalist in the public employ, I have been assigned the arduous task of conducting a comparative study of inter-modal transport systems in England, France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Belgium and a couple of other places over the next few weeks. He went on to say - I expect to freeze my bollocks off but, for the greater good and in the interests of even cleaner, greener and more efficient public transport, I leave tonight and return on January 10. He then said - You need not adjust your contact books - He then gave the details of other people who could be contacted during his absence. He went on to say - I expect you all to behave in my absence. I will be scouring the clippings and tapes when I return, and will be on the alert for any of your usual nonsense. I will be particularly watchful - Mr Taylor - for the tiresome “strike-plagued,” the rather hurtful expression “snailrail” and sundry gratuitous insults and unflattering references. On the other hand, fulsome praise of our Christmas/New Year services will be welcomed. Cheers (and Merry Christmas) DavidH Will the brave new world of industrial relations not allow people to do irony about their impending self-funded holiday? The Howard legislation will now prescribe that people are not allowed to joke about such matters. Members opposite are the joke. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition could not detect the irony in that e-mail, he does not have much of a future. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! If members are all finished, this will be the last question for the year.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just getting another copy of this important document, because the Parliament needs to be advised fully on this matter. Several members interjected. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am sorry; I want to get a copy of the document. Several members interjected. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition like to give me a copy of the e-mail? Does the Deputy Leader of the Opposition have a copy of the e-mail? Mr M.J. Birney : You have; it’s your department. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just asking whether the Deputy Leader of the Opposition has a copy of the e-mail, and whether he would like to provide it to me. Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : What has that got to do with it? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just asking whether he would like to provide me with a copy of the e-mail. Members cannot really understand this question until they have read the e-mail. Mr T.R. Buswell : I have seen the e-mail. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Okay, the member has seen the e-mail. It is a great pity that I do not have a copy of the e-mail with me, because it would shed a lot of light on the - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is a great pity. I had a copy with me earlier, but I cannot locate it. I have to confess that I had no knowledge of this and I am very concerned. I will now share with the house the contents of the e-mail, a copy of which has just been provided to me, because it is of great concern. Mr Hynes states in the e-mail - Being merely a humble journalist in the public employ, I have been assigned the arduous task of conducting a comparative study of inter-modal transport systems in England, France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Belgium and a couple of other places over the next few weeks. He went on to say - I expect to freeze my bollocks off but, for the greater good and in the interests of even cleaner, greener and more efficient public transport, I leave tonight and return on January 10. He then said - You need not adjust your contact books - He then gave the details of other people who could be contacted during his absence. He went on to say - I expect you all to behave in my absence. I will be scouring the clippings and tapes when I return, and will be on the alert for any of your usual nonsense. I will be particularly watchful - Mr Taylor - for the tiresome “strike-plagued,” the rather hurtful expression “snailrail” and sundry gratuitous insults and unflattering references. On the other hand, fulsome praise of our Christmas/New Year services will be welcomed. Cheers (and Merry Christmas) DavidH Will the brave new world of industrial relations not allow people to do irony about their impending self-funded holiday? The Howard legislation will now prescribe that people are not allowed to joke about such matters. Members opposite are the joke. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition could not detect the irony in that e-mail, he does not have much of a future. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! If members are all finished, this will be the last question for the year.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just getting another copy of this important document, because the Parliament needs to be advised fully on this matter. Several members interjected. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am sorry; I want to get a copy of the document. Several members interjected. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition like to give me a copy of the e-mail? Does the Deputy Leader of the Opposition have a copy of the e-mail? Mr M.J. Birney : You have; it’s your department. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just asking whether the Deputy Leader of the Opposition has a copy of the e-mail, and whether he would like to provide it to me. Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : What has that got to do with it? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just asking whether he would like to provide me with a copy of the e-mail. Members cannot really understand this question until they have read the e-mail. Mr T.R. Buswell : I have seen the e-mail. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Okay, the member has seen the e-mail. It is a great pity that I do not have a copy of the e-mail with me, because it would shed a lot of light on the - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is a great pity. I had a copy with me earlier, but I cannot locate it. I have to confess that I had no knowledge of this and I am very concerned. I will now share with the house the contents of the e-mail, a copy of which has just been provided to me, because it is of great concern. Mr Hynes states in the e-mail - Being merely a humble journalist in the public employ, I have been assigned the arduous task of conducting a comparative study of inter-modal transport systems in England, France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Belgium and a couple of other places over the next few weeks. He went on to say - I expect to freeze my bollocks off but, for the greater good and in the interests of even cleaner, greener and more efficient public transport, I leave tonight and return on January 10. He then said - You need not adjust your contact books - He then gave the details of other people who could be contacted during his absence. He went on to say - I expect you all to behave in my absence. I will be scouring the clippings and tapes when I return, and will be on the alert for any of your usual nonsense. I will be particularly watchful - Mr Taylor - for the tiresome “strike-plagued,” the rather hurtful expression “snailrail” and sundry gratuitous insults and unflattering references. On the other hand, fulsome praise of our Christmas/New Year services will be welcomed. Cheers (and Merry Christmas) DavidH Will the brave new world of industrial relations not allow people to do irony about their impending self-funded holiday? The Howard legislation will now prescribe that people are not allowed to joke about such matters. Members opposite are the joke. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition could not detect the irony in that e-mail, he does not have much of a future. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! If members are all finished, this will be the last question for the year.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just getting another copy of this important document, because the Parliament needs to be advised fully on this matter. Several members interjected. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am sorry; I want to get a copy of the document. Several members interjected. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition like to give me a copy of the e-mail? Does the Deputy Leader of the Opposition have a copy of the e-mail? Mr M.J. Birney : You have; it’s your department. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just asking whether the Deputy Leader of the Opposition has a copy of the e-mail, and whether he would like to provide it to me. Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : What has that got to do with it? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just asking whether he would like to provide me with a copy of the e-mail. Members cannot really understand this question until they have read the e-mail. Mr T.R. Buswell : I have seen the e-mail. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Okay, the member has seen the e-mail. It is a great pity that I do not have a copy of the e-mail with me, because it would shed a lot of light on the - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is a great pity. I had a copy with me earlier, but I cannot locate it. I have to confess that I had no knowledge of this and I am very concerned. I will now share with the house the contents of the e-mail, a copy of which has just been provided to me, because it is of great concern. Mr Hynes states in the e-mail - Being merely a humble journalist in the public employ, I have been assigned the arduous task of conducting a comparative study of inter-modal transport systems in England, France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Belgium and a couple of other places over the next few weeks. He went on to say - I expect to freeze my bollocks off but, for the greater good and in the interests of even cleaner, greener and more efficient public transport, I leave tonight and return on January 10. He then said - You need not adjust your contact books - He then gave the details of other people who could be contacted during his absence. He went on to say - I expect you all to behave in my absence. I will be scouring the clippings and tapes when I return, and will be on the alert for any of your usual nonsense. I will be particularly watchful - Mr Taylor - for the tiresome “strike-plagued,” the rather hurtful expression “snailrail” and sundry gratuitous insults and unflattering references. On the other hand, fulsome praise of our Christmas/New Year services will be welcomed. Cheers (and Merry Christmas) DavidH Will the brave new world of industrial relations not allow people to do irony about their impending self-funded holiday? The Howard legislation will now prescribe that people are not allowed to joke about such matters. Members opposite are the joke. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition could not detect the irony in that e-mail, he does not have much of a future. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! If members are all finished, this will be the last question for the year.
Several members interjected. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am sorry; I want to get a copy of the document. Several members interjected. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition like to give me a copy of the e-mail? Does the Deputy Leader of the Opposition have a copy of the e-mail? Mr M.J. Birney : You have; it’s your department. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just asking whether the Deputy Leader of the Opposition has a copy of the e-mail, and whether he would like to provide it to me. Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : What has that got to do with it? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just asking whether he would like to provide me with a copy of the e-mail. Members cannot really understand this question until they have read the e-mail. Mr T.R. Buswell : I have seen the e-mail. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Okay, the member has seen the e-mail. It is a great pity that I do not have a copy of the e-mail with me, because it would shed a lot of light on the - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is a great pity. I had a copy with me earlier, but I cannot locate it. I have to confess that I had no knowledge of this and I am very concerned. I will now share with the house the contents of the e-mail, a copy of which has just been provided to me, because it is of great concern. Mr Hynes states in the e-mail - Being merely a humble journalist in the public employ, I have been assigned the arduous task of conducting a comparative study of inter-modal transport systems in England, France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Belgium and a couple of other places over the next few weeks. He went on to say - I expect to freeze my bollocks off but, for the greater good and in the interests of even cleaner, greener and more efficient public transport, I leave tonight and return on January 10. He then said - You need not adjust your contact books - He then gave the details of other people who could be contacted during his absence. He went on to say - I expect you all to behave in my absence. I will be scouring the clippings and tapes when I return, and will be on the alert for any of your usual nonsense. I will be particularly watchful - Mr Taylor - for the tiresome “strike-plagued,” the rather hurtful expression “snailrail” and sundry gratuitous insults and unflattering references. On the other hand, fulsome praise of our Christmas/New Year services will be welcomed. Cheers (and Merry Christmas) DavidH Will the brave new world of industrial relations not allow people to do irony about their impending self-funded holiday? The Howard legislation will now prescribe that people are not allowed to joke about such matters. Members opposite are the joke. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition could not detect the irony in that e-mail, he does not have much of a future. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! If members are all finished, this will be the last question for the year.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am sorry; I want to get a copy of the document. Several members interjected. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition like to give me a copy of the e-mail? Does the Deputy Leader of the Opposition have a copy of the e-mail? Mr M.J. Birney : You have; it’s your department. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just asking whether the Deputy Leader of the Opposition has a copy of the e-mail, and whether he would like to provide it to me. Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : What has that got to do with it? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just asking whether he would like to provide me with a copy of the e-mail. Members cannot really understand this question until they have read the e-mail. Mr T.R. Buswell : I have seen the e-mail. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Okay, the member has seen the e-mail. It is a great pity that I do not have a copy of the e-mail with me, because it would shed a lot of light on the - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is a great pity. I had a copy with me earlier, but I cannot locate it. I have to confess that I had no knowledge of this and I am very concerned. I will now share with the house the contents of the e-mail, a copy of which has just been provided to me, because it is of great concern. Mr Hynes states in the e-mail - Being merely a humble journalist in the public employ, I have been assigned the arduous task of conducting a comparative study of inter-modal transport systems in England, France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Belgium and a couple of other places over the next few weeks. He went on to say - I expect to freeze my bollocks off but, for the greater good and in the interests of even cleaner, greener and more efficient public transport, I leave tonight and return on January 10. He then said - You need not adjust your contact books - He then gave the details of other people who could be contacted during his absence. He went on to say - I expect you all to behave in my absence. I will be scouring the clippings and tapes when I return, and will be on the alert for any of your usual nonsense. I will be particularly watchful - Mr Taylor - for the tiresome “strike-plagued,” the rather hurtful expression “snailrail” and sundry gratuitous insults and unflattering references. On the other hand, fulsome praise of our Christmas/New Year services will be welcomed. Cheers (and Merry Christmas) DavidH Will the brave new world of industrial relations not allow people to do irony about their impending self-funded holiday? The Howard legislation will now prescribe that people are not allowed to joke about such matters. Members opposite are the joke. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition could not detect the irony in that e-mail, he does not have much of a future. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! If members are all finished, this will be the last question for the year.
Several members interjected. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition like to give me a copy of the e-mail? Does the Deputy Leader of the Opposition have a copy of the e-mail? Mr M.J. Birney : You have; it’s your department. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just asking whether the Deputy Leader of the Opposition has a copy of the e-mail, and whether he would like to provide it to me. Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : What has that got to do with it? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just asking whether he would like to provide me with a copy of the e-mail. Members cannot really understand this question until they have read the e-mail. Mr T.R. Buswell : I have seen the e-mail. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Okay, the member has seen the e-mail. It is a great pity that I do not have a copy of the e-mail with me, because it would shed a lot of light on the - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is a great pity. I had a copy with me earlier, but I cannot locate it. I have to confess that I had no knowledge of this and I am very concerned. I will now share with the house the contents of the e-mail, a copy of which has just been provided to me, because it is of great concern. Mr Hynes states in the e-mail - Being merely a humble journalist in the public employ, I have been assigned the arduous task of conducting a comparative study of inter-modal transport systems in England, France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Belgium and a couple of other places over the next few weeks. He went on to say - I expect to freeze my bollocks off but, for the greater good and in the interests of even cleaner, greener and more efficient public transport, I leave tonight and return on January 10. He then said - You need not adjust your contact books - He then gave the details of other people who could be contacted during his absence. He went on to say - I expect you all to behave in my absence. I will be scouring the clippings and tapes when I return, and will be on the alert for any of your usual nonsense. I will be particularly watchful - Mr Taylor - for the tiresome “strike-plagued,” the rather hurtful expression “snailrail” and sundry gratuitous insults and unflattering references. On the other hand, fulsome praise of our Christmas/New Year services will be welcomed. Cheers (and Merry Christmas) DavidH Will the brave new world of industrial relations not allow people to do irony about their impending self-funded holiday? The Howard legislation will now prescribe that people are not allowed to joke about such matters. Members opposite are the joke. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition could not detect the irony in that e-mail, he does not have much of a future. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! If members are all finished, this will be the last question for the year.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition like to give me a copy of the e-mail? Does the Deputy Leader of the Opposition have a copy of the e-mail? Mr M.J. Birney : You have; it’s your department. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just asking whether the Deputy Leader of the Opposition has a copy of the e-mail, and whether he would like to provide it to me. Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : What has that got to do with it? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just asking whether he would like to provide me with a copy of the e-mail. Members cannot really understand this question until they have read the e-mail. Mr T.R. Buswell : I have seen the e-mail. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Okay, the member has seen the e-mail. It is a great pity that I do not have a copy of the e-mail with me, because it would shed a lot of light on the - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is a great pity. I had a copy with me earlier, but I cannot locate it. I have to confess that I had no knowledge of this and I am very concerned. I will now share with the house the contents of the e-mail, a copy of which has just been provided to me, because it is of great concern. Mr Hynes states in the e-mail - Being merely a humble journalist in the public employ, I have been assigned the arduous task of conducting a comparative study of inter-modal transport systems in England, France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Belgium and a couple of other places over the next few weeks. He went on to say - I expect to freeze my bollocks off but, for the greater good and in the interests of even cleaner, greener and more efficient public transport, I leave tonight and return on January 10. He then said - You need not adjust your contact books - He then gave the details of other people who could be contacted during his absence. He went on to say - I expect you all to behave in my absence. I will be scouring the clippings and tapes when I return, and will be on the alert for any of your usual nonsense. I will be particularly watchful - Mr Taylor - for the tiresome “strike-plagued,” the rather hurtful expression “snailrail” and sundry gratuitous insults and unflattering references. On the other hand, fulsome praise of our Christmas/New Year services will be welcomed. Cheers (and Merry Christmas) DavidH Will the brave new world of industrial relations not allow people to do irony about their impending self-funded holiday? The Howard legislation will now prescribe that people are not allowed to joke about such matters. Members opposite are the joke. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition could not detect the irony in that e-mail, he does not have much of a future. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! If members are all finished, this will be the last question for the year.
Mr M.J. Birney : You have; it’s your department. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just asking whether the Deputy Leader of the Opposition has a copy of the e-mail, and whether he would like to provide it to me. Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : What has that got to do with it? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just asking whether he would like to provide me with a copy of the e-mail. Members cannot really understand this question until they have read the e-mail. Mr T.R. Buswell : I have seen the e-mail. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Okay, the member has seen the e-mail. It is a great pity that I do not have a copy of the e-mail with me, because it would shed a lot of light on the - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is a great pity. I had a copy with me earlier, but I cannot locate it. I have to confess that I had no knowledge of this and I am very concerned. I will now share with the house the contents of the e-mail, a copy of which has just been provided to me, because it is of great concern. Mr Hynes states in the e-mail - Being merely a humble journalist in the public employ, I have been assigned the arduous task of conducting a comparative study of inter-modal transport systems in England, France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Belgium and a couple of other places over the next few weeks. He went on to say - I expect to freeze my bollocks off but, for the greater good and in the interests of even cleaner, greener and more efficient public transport, I leave tonight and return on January 10. He then said - You need not adjust your contact books - He then gave the details of other people who could be contacted during his absence. He went on to say - I expect you all to behave in my absence. I will be scouring the clippings and tapes when I return, and will be on the alert for any of your usual nonsense. I will be particularly watchful - Mr Taylor - for the tiresome “strike-plagued,” the rather hurtful expression “snailrail” and sundry gratuitous insults and unflattering references. On the other hand, fulsome praise of our Christmas/New Year services will be welcomed. Cheers (and Merry Christmas) DavidH Will the brave new world of industrial relations not allow people to do irony about their impending self-funded holiday? The Howard legislation will now prescribe that people are not allowed to joke about such matters. Members opposite are the joke. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition could not detect the irony in that e-mail, he does not have much of a future. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! If members are all finished, this will be the last question for the year.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just asking whether the Deputy Leader of the Opposition has a copy of the e-mail, and whether he would like to provide it to me. Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : What has that got to do with it? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just asking whether he would like to provide me with a copy of the e-mail. Members cannot really understand this question until they have read the e-mail. Mr T.R. Buswell : I have seen the e-mail. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Okay, the member has seen the e-mail. It is a great pity that I do not have a copy of the e-mail with me, because it would shed a lot of light on the - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is a great pity. I had a copy with me earlier, but I cannot locate it. I have to confess that I had no knowledge of this and I am very concerned. I will now share with the house the contents of the e-mail, a copy of which has just been provided to me, because it is of great concern. Mr Hynes states in the e-mail - Being merely a humble journalist in the public employ, I have been assigned the arduous task of conducting a comparative study of inter-modal transport systems in England, France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Belgium and a couple of other places over the next few weeks. He went on to say - I expect to freeze my bollocks off but, for the greater good and in the interests of even cleaner, greener and more efficient public transport, I leave tonight and return on January 10. He then said - You need not adjust your contact books - He then gave the details of other people who could be contacted during his absence. He went on to say - I expect you all to behave in my absence. I will be scouring the clippings and tapes when I return, and will be on the alert for any of your usual nonsense. I will be particularly watchful - Mr Taylor - for the tiresome “strike-plagued,” the rather hurtful expression “snailrail” and sundry gratuitous insults and unflattering references. On the other hand, fulsome praise of our Christmas/New Year services will be welcomed. Cheers (and Merry Christmas) DavidH Will the brave new world of industrial relations not allow people to do irony about their impending self-funded holiday? The Howard legislation will now prescribe that people are not allowed to joke about such matters. Members opposite are the joke. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition could not detect the irony in that e-mail, he does not have much of a future. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! If members are all finished, this will be the last question for the year.
Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : What has that got to do with it? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just asking whether he would like to provide me with a copy of the e-mail. Members cannot really understand this question until they have read the e-mail. Mr T.R. Buswell : I have seen the e-mail. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Okay, the member has seen the e-mail. It is a great pity that I do not have a copy of the e-mail with me, because it would shed a lot of light on the - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is a great pity. I had a copy with me earlier, but I cannot locate it. I have to confess that I had no knowledge of this and I am very concerned. I will now share with the house the contents of the e-mail, a copy of which has just been provided to me, because it is of great concern. Mr Hynes states in the e-mail - Being merely a humble journalist in the public employ, I have been assigned the arduous task of conducting a comparative study of inter-modal transport systems in England, France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Belgium and a couple of other places over the next few weeks. He went on to say - I expect to freeze my bollocks off but, for the greater good and in the interests of even cleaner, greener and more efficient public transport, I leave tonight and return on January 10. He then said - You need not adjust your contact books - He then gave the details of other people who could be contacted during his absence. He went on to say - I expect you all to behave in my absence. I will be scouring the clippings and tapes when I return, and will be on the alert for any of your usual nonsense. I will be particularly watchful - Mr Taylor - for the tiresome “strike-plagued,” the rather hurtful expression “snailrail” and sundry gratuitous insults and unflattering references. On the other hand, fulsome praise of our Christmas/New Year services will be welcomed. Cheers (and Merry Christmas) DavidH Will the brave new world of industrial relations not allow people to do irony about their impending self-funded holiday? The Howard legislation will now prescribe that people are not allowed to joke about such matters. Members opposite are the joke. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition could not detect the irony in that e-mail, he does not have much of a future. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! If members are all finished, this will be the last question for the year.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : I am just asking whether he would like to provide me with a copy of the e-mail. Members cannot really understand this question until they have read the e-mail. Mr T.R. Buswell : I have seen the e-mail. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Okay, the member has seen the e-mail. It is a great pity that I do not have a copy of the e-mail with me, because it would shed a lot of light on the - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is a great pity. I had a copy with me earlier, but I cannot locate it. I have to confess that I had no knowledge of this and I am very concerned. I will now share with the house the contents of the e-mail, a copy of which has just been provided to me, because it is of great concern. Mr Hynes states in the e-mail - Being merely a humble journalist in the public employ, I have been assigned the arduous task of conducting a comparative study of inter-modal transport systems in England, France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Belgium and a couple of other places over the next few weeks. He went on to say - I expect to freeze my bollocks off but, for the greater good and in the interests of even cleaner, greener and more efficient public transport, I leave tonight and return on January 10. He then said - You need not adjust your contact books - He then gave the details of other people who could be contacted during his absence. He went on to say - I expect you all to behave in my absence. I will be scouring the clippings and tapes when I return, and will be on the alert for any of your usual nonsense. I will be particularly watchful - Mr Taylor - for the tiresome “strike-plagued,” the rather hurtful expression “snailrail” and sundry gratuitous insults and unflattering references. On the other hand, fulsome praise of our Christmas/New Year services will be welcomed. Cheers (and Merry Christmas) DavidH Will the brave new world of industrial relations not allow people to do irony about their impending self-funded holiday? The Howard legislation will now prescribe that people are not allowed to joke about such matters. Members opposite are the joke. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition could not detect the irony in that e-mail, he does not have much of a future. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! If members are all finished, this will be the last question for the year.
Mr T.R. Buswell : I have seen the e-mail. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Okay, the member has seen the e-mail. It is a great pity that I do not have a copy of the e-mail with me, because it would shed a lot of light on the - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is a great pity. I had a copy with me earlier, but I cannot locate it. I have to confess that I had no knowledge of this and I am very concerned. I will now share with the house the contents of the e-mail, a copy of which has just been provided to me, because it is of great concern. Mr Hynes states in the e-mail - Being merely a humble journalist in the public employ, I have been assigned the arduous task of conducting a comparative study of inter-modal transport systems in England, France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Belgium and a couple of other places over the next few weeks. He went on to say - I expect to freeze my bollocks off but, for the greater good and in the interests of even cleaner, greener and more efficient public transport, I leave tonight and return on January 10. He then said - You need not adjust your contact books - He then gave the details of other people who could be contacted during his absence. He went on to say - I expect you all to behave in my absence. I will be scouring the clippings and tapes when I return, and will be on the alert for any of your usual nonsense. I will be particularly watchful - Mr Taylor - for the tiresome “strike-plagued,” the rather hurtful expression “snailrail” and sundry gratuitous insults and unflattering references. On the other hand, fulsome praise of our Christmas/New Year services will be welcomed. Cheers (and Merry Christmas) DavidH Will the brave new world of industrial relations not allow people to do irony about their impending self-funded holiday? The Howard legislation will now prescribe that people are not allowed to joke about such matters. Members opposite are the joke. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition could not detect the irony in that e-mail, he does not have much of a future. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! If members are all finished, this will be the last question for the year.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Okay, the member has seen the e-mail. It is a great pity that I do not have a copy of the e-mail with me, because it would shed a lot of light on the - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is a great pity. I had a copy with me earlier, but I cannot locate it. I have to confess that I had no knowledge of this and I am very concerned. I will now share with the house the contents of the e-mail, a copy of which has just been provided to me, because it is of great concern. Mr Hynes states in the e-mail - Being merely a humble journalist in the public employ, I have been assigned the arduous task of conducting a comparative study of inter-modal transport systems in England, France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Belgium and a couple of other places over the next few weeks. He went on to say - I expect to freeze my bollocks off but, for the greater good and in the interests of even cleaner, greener and more efficient public transport, I leave tonight and return on January 10. He then said - You need not adjust your contact books - He then gave the details of other people who could be contacted during his absence. He went on to say - I expect you all to behave in my absence. I will be scouring the clippings and tapes when I return, and will be on the alert for any of your usual nonsense. I will be particularly watchful - Mr Taylor - for the tiresome “strike-plagued,” the rather hurtful expression “snailrail” and sundry gratuitous insults and unflattering references. On the other hand, fulsome praise of our Christmas/New Year services will be welcomed. Cheers (and Merry Christmas) DavidH Will the brave new world of industrial relations not allow people to do irony about their impending self-funded holiday? The Howard legislation will now prescribe that people are not allowed to joke about such matters. Members opposite are the joke. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition could not detect the irony in that e-mail, he does not have much of a future. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! If members are all finished, this will be the last question for the year.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is a great pity. I had a copy with me earlier, but I cannot locate it. I have to confess that I had no knowledge of this and I am very concerned. I will now share with the house the contents of the e-mail, a copy of which has just been provided to me, because it is of great concern. Mr Hynes states in the e-mail - Being merely a humble journalist in the public employ, I have been assigned the arduous task of conducting a comparative study of inter-modal transport systems in England, France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Belgium and a couple of other places over the next few weeks. He went on to say - I expect to freeze my bollocks off but, for the greater good and in the interests of even cleaner, greener and more efficient public transport, I leave tonight and return on January 10. He then said - You need not adjust your contact books - He then gave the details of other people who could be contacted during his absence. He went on to say - I expect you all to behave in my absence. I will be scouring the clippings and tapes when I return, and will be on the alert for any of your usual nonsense. I will be particularly watchful - Mr Taylor - for the tiresome “strike-plagued,” the rather hurtful expression “snailrail” and sundry gratuitous insults and unflattering references. On the other hand, fulsome praise of our Christmas/New Year services will be welcomed. Cheers (and Merry Christmas) DavidH Will the brave new world of industrial relations not allow people to do irony about their impending self-funded holiday? The Howard legislation will now prescribe that people are not allowed to joke about such matters. Members opposite are the joke. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition could not detect the irony in that e-mail, he does not have much of a future. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! If members are all finished, this will be the last question for the year.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is a great pity. I had a copy with me earlier, but I cannot locate it. I have to confess that I had no knowledge of this and I am very concerned. I will now share with the house the contents of the e-mail, a copy of which has just been provided to me, because it is of great concern. Mr Hynes states in the e-mail - Being merely a humble journalist in the public employ, I have been assigned the arduous task of conducting a comparative study of inter-modal transport systems in England, France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Belgium and a couple of other places over the next few weeks. He went on to say - I expect to freeze my bollocks off but, for the greater good and in the interests of even cleaner, greener and more efficient public transport, I leave tonight and return on January 10. He then said - You need not adjust your contact books - He then gave the details of other people who could be contacted during his absence. He went on to say - I expect you all to behave in my absence. I will be scouring the clippings and tapes when I return, and will be on the alert for any of your usual nonsense. I will be particularly watchful - Mr Taylor - for the tiresome “strike-plagued,” the rather hurtful expression “snailrail” and sundry gratuitous insults and unflattering references. On the other hand, fulsome praise of our Christmas/New Year services will be welcomed. Cheers (and Merry Christmas) DavidH Will the brave new world of industrial relations not allow people to do irony about their impending self-funded holiday? The Howard legislation will now prescribe that people are not allowed to joke about such matters. Members opposite are the joke. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition could not detect the irony in that e-mail, he does not have much of a future. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! If members are all finished, this will be the last question for the year.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is a great pity. I had a copy with me earlier, but I cannot locate it. I have to confess that I had no knowledge of this and I am very concerned. I will now share with the house the contents of the e-mail, a copy of which has just been provided to me, because it is of great concern. Mr Hynes states in the e-mail - Being merely a humble journalist in the public employ, I have been assigned the arduous task of conducting a comparative study of inter-modal transport systems in England, France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Belgium and a couple of other places over the next few weeks. He went on to say - I expect to freeze my bollocks off but, for the greater good and in the interests of even cleaner, greener and more efficient public transport, I leave tonight and return on January 10. He then said - You need not adjust your contact books - He then gave the details of other people who could be contacted during his absence. He went on to say - I expect you all to behave in my absence. I will be scouring the clippings and tapes when I return, and will be on the alert for any of your usual nonsense. I will be particularly watchful - Mr Taylor - for the tiresome “strike-plagued,” the rather hurtful expression “snailrail” and sundry gratuitous insults and unflattering references. On the other hand, fulsome praise of our Christmas/New Year services will be welcomed. Cheers (and Merry Christmas) DavidH Will the brave new world of industrial relations not allow people to do irony about their impending self-funded holiday? The Howard legislation will now prescribe that people are not allowed to joke about such matters. Members opposite are the joke. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition could not detect the irony in that e-mail, he does not have much of a future. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! If members are all finished, this will be the last question for the year.
Cheers (and Merry Christmas) DavidH
DavidH
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! If members are all finished, this will be the last question for the year.
The SPEAKER : Order! If members are all finished, this will be the last question for the year.
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