Page 3033 - Week 10 - Friday, 8 October 2021
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Another one:
10 years…no shops in Coombs and Wright but double tax rates…thank you Barr Government.
Another comment:
Did they ever keep any election commitments regarding MV in last 2 elections? What's new?
Another comment:
Now you know what its like to live in Woden! No community centre or Arts centre either
More comments:
Bugger. Some in MV also rely on services in Belconnen …
Another:
continued ghettoisation of Molonglo
And so on. I will stop there, but there are many, many, comments on that Facebook site, and the residents of Molonglo Valley have every right to be deeply disappointed.
This is a broken election commitment. The government went to the election saying one thing and they are delivering another. That is a broken promise. It is a broken promise to the people of Molonglo, and they are going to suffer now for years without the facilities that they were promised by this mob here, the Labor Party and the Greens, who said one thing before an election—just as they said it about hospitals, just as they have said it about teachers, just as they have said it about a lot of other infrastructure programs. What is the reality? The reality is they are not delivering. So even if they say things today will that be true? All these commitments they make, are they going to be followed through? Will there be further delays? I really hope not.
I am frustrated. I know Mrs Jones is frustrated. I know the community in Weston Creek is frustrated, and I know that the community in Molonglo Valley—in Wright, Coombes, Denman Prospect, and the people coming into Whitlam—are going to be extraordinarily frustrated and disappointed.
I commend Mrs Jones for the work she has done in advocating for the people of Molonglo Valley. We will continue to work hard. We will continue to pressure this government. We want this decision reversed. Let me be very clear—this is a bad decision. This is a wrong decision. Mrs Jones and I will be campaigning for the next three years for this to be reversed. I hope that the members for Murrumbidgee who speaking today and have spoken stop running interference for this Labor-Greens government and start standing up for their community.
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