Page 77 - Week 02 - Wednesday, 24 May 1989
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These are our aims, and we will pursue them with vigour and determination.
MR BERRY: Mr Speaker ---
MR SPEAKER: Mr Collaery has the call.
MR COLLAERY (11.03): I respect Mr Berry's keenness to be on call at the shortest possible notice, but he is not fighting a fire today.
The purpose, as I see it, of my response to this Assembly and to the people of Canberra is to look at the historic opening address that Chief Minister Rosemary Follett gave to the people of Canberra on 11 May and to comment on that address. The Rally does not propose to run through its policies and its agenda, in theory.
What the Rally proposes to do is to see how it can work in a stable Assembly with this minority Government. The first statements of the Chief Minister were that the principles of her Government were:
to develop a community based on social justice and economic security, a community which provides for the broadest possible individual liberty in terms of freedom of speech, education, assembly, organisation and religion; a compassionate, tolerant community which recognises and rejoices in our diversity.
The Rally joins with the Chief Minister in aspiring to achieve those goals in this Assembly. The Rally also endorses the call by the Chief Minister to operate her party in this Assembly and in its government of this Territory on an open and accountable basis responsive to community priorities and accessible to the people.
The Rally trusts that the Chief Minister will establish new consultative mechanisms and reinforce existing mechanisms. The Rally acknowledges that the Chief Minister has a heavy burden and an equally heavy custodianship in this historic Assembly in ensuring that the Government starts off as stable, honest, with a great deal of integrity among those who govern from this chamber, those who serve government and the community groups who will contribute to this community accountable Government.
The Chief Minister went on to state that she will abide by her election commitment to extend the openness of government and that this will be achieved through a broad community involvement. The Rally is pleased to note from discussions with the Minister for other matters, including housing, last night that the Rally will be involved at a close level in the urgently required housing review matters of this Territory.
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