Page 1347 - Week 07 - Thursday, 24 August 1989
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MR COLLAERY: I have a supplementary question, Mr Speaker. Chief Minister, will you also undertake to ascertain whether this is not an appropriate issue to refer to the Assembly's standing committee before the City Management's Parks and Conservation Service launches the draft management plan?
MS FOLLETT: Mr Speaker, I will take that on notice, but I am somewhat exercised as to how I could possibly answer it. I am being asked for an opinion on whether something would be an appropriate reference to a committee. I do not think it is appropriate for me to answer any question in this Assembly by giving a personal opinion. I will take it on notice, Mr Speaker, but at the moment I do not see how I could possibly answer that kind of a question.
Housing Interest Rates
MR KAINE: I would like to direct a question to the Minister for Housing and Urban Services, and I do feel some distress at asking members of the Government about their policies, because they seem to be very sensitive about what they promised in the election campaign and what they are now prepared to do. But I would refer the Minister to a statement that was made during the election campaign, that a Labor Government intended to introduce legislation to regulate housing interest rate levels. I am interested to know when the Government intends to introduce this legislation and just how effective you expect it to be when you do.
MRS GRASSBY: As I said the other day, we will be releasing the first part of our housing review in September. That is when it will be released and it will all come out in the review which is being put together now.
Mr Kaine: You will be releasing the legislation to deal with housing interest rates?
MRS GRASSBY: Not legislation, but we will be telling you what we will be doing with the money we have got from the - - -
MR KAINE: A supplementary question, Mr Speaker. I did not ask about their housing policy; I asked about legislation to regulate housing interest rate levels. Read my lips. I want an answer to the question.
MRS GRASSBY: Yes, Mr President. I do not think that we can really do that, and I think you know that, Mr Kaine, because it is a Federal Government matter that we cannot regulate.
Mr Kaine: I am reading from your election promise. It is very embarrassing, I know.
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