Page 1042 - Week 06 - Thursday, 27 July 1989
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Party accept the challenge to deliver the project in a form most acceptable to the community. There is no doubt that we will work very hard to ensure that our promise is delivered in the most palatable way. I am sure that even the leader of the Residents Rally party will have the
opportunity to enjoy what we deliver.
Mr Collaery: I do not get a fireman's salary.
MR BERRY: I do not see too many lawyers leaving their profession to join the fire service, Bernard.
Mr Collaery: Only the poor ones go into government.
MR BERRY: Like the Leader of the Opposition, I take the view that it is now time to accept that the argument is over and to get on with the job, and with the provision of work for Canberrans to look forward to the prosperity of the Territory. It is pointless to bear any bitterness over this issue. The fact of the matter is that the argument is over. Despite what the leader of the Residents Rally party said, the decision is a victory for working people because it will deliver jobs, and unemployment is one of the greatest evils of society, as Mr Collaery well knows. It will deliver jobs for the people of Canberra and particularly for the youth of Canberra, and that is a very important feature of the whole project.
Mr Moore: So will legalising prostitution.
MR BERRY: Well, indeed, if you want to raise the issue of the legalisation of prostitution, Mr Moore, you ought to do it instead of sniping from the sidelines. The fact of the matter is that it will deliver jobs, and Mr Collaery's grandstanding on the issue does not do a thing for the debate. The fact of the matter is that we are about delivering jobs and prosperity for the ACT, and that will be done.
Mr Jensen: Why on this project?
MR BERRY: Well, if we can go back to the Residents Rally party, the Residents Rally party sought to negotiate with the Labor Party in the lead-up to this Government to deliver a casino, as I recall - - -
A member: Garbage!
MR BERRY: Well, I can recall that. I was involved in the negotiations, but the place that you wanted to deliver it in was in a place where it would not work. You were prepared to deliver a casino that would not work.
Mr Collaery: On the border of New South Wales.
MR BERRY: No. You were prepared to deliver one in Fyshwick. Let us not fool around; you were prepared to deliver a casino where it would not work.
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