Page 119 - Week 01 - Wednesday, 14 February 1990
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part of the hidden agenda they are going to abolish private members' business? Private members' business is sacred and it should be the responsibility of private members to raise whatever issues they consider important to the citizens of Canberra. Personally, I know the issue of the Tuggeranong pool is uppermost in the minds of very large sections of the community of Tuggeranong - the correct pronunciation, Norman. I am just trying to give Norman some elocution lessons.
The important thing, however, is that I wish to make an appeal to Robyn Nolan and Norman Jensen on behalf of the citizens of Tuggeranong to abandon on this one occasion, just once, the shackles of iron discipline of the party room and act once - - -
Mr Kaine: Are you going to do that on your side? We will make a deal with you.
Mr Jensen: How are you going to vote on the X-rated Bill?
MR WHALAN: I ask them to act once in the interests of the citizens of Tuggeranong. Let Norman and Robyn show their true commitment to the people of Tuggeranong by breaking away from the strict party discipline and voting for the people of Tuggeranong by supporting this motion on notice before the Assembly today, rather than voting for the motion of Mr Collaery.
Mr Collaery's motion says that the Assembly expresses total support. This is no commitment. He says it is a commitment and various people have said there is a commitment. All on the other side they say that this demonstrates a commitment, but there is no commitment whatsoever. You will be pleasantly surprised to learn that I am not going to repeat the arguments that I presented when I spoke in response to the amendment.
I have already indicated the ways in which the amendment and the consequences of the amendment are so inadequate. But there were other points raised by Mr Collaery which related to the motion and the question generally which have to be addressed. I have to explain for the benefit of the gallery and the avid readers of Hansard the difference between types of consultants.
It is true that we had used consultants and it is true that I had discussed the preparation of some design elements using consultants. That is work in progress. That is the difference between that and engaging a consultant, who is going to go out and sort of check up the statistics on the population, drive around and discover a pool at Erindale and then drive around the rest of Tuggeranong and discover none at all - maybe find the Murrumbidgee. Then he will write a report which will say, yes, there will be a report in December of 1990 or 1991. Then finally the Government will act upon it. There is a fundamental difference between the consultant which is proposed by this Government
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