Page 623 - Week 03 - Wednesday, 21 March 1990
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patting itself on the back. And what is it doing? Well, nothing, as is evident by its performance outside of this place. These are the sorts of public concerns which have to be dealt with.
Let us look at the Government's performance on trains generally. They were apologists for the Greiner Government winding down the - and Mrs Nolan knows a bit about this - apologists for the Greiner Government - - -
Mr Jensen: On a point of order, Mr Speaker; relevance - I thought we were speaking about the VFT.
MR BERRY: No, we are talking about a commendation the Government wishes to impose on itself for doing something.
MR SPEAKER: Objection overruled; please proceed, Mr Berry.
MR BERRY: The fact of the matter is this Government has not got any credibility on transport to the ACT because it is clearly an apologist for the Greiner Government's wind down in the delivery of rail services to this city. Now, not a whimper about that. It encouraged the Greiner Government to impose unacceptable timetables on the rails so that people would not use the train system and it would eventually fall in a great big heap. That is what this Government opposite is about. Of course, it is a rightist Government opposite even though Mr Collaery would claim he was of the left - and if he keeps telling himself that he will probably believe it.
Mrs Grassby: No, he believes he is a socialist.
MR SPEAKER: Order!
MR BERRY: The fact of the matter is that the people who will suffer the impact of this Government's actions.
Mrs Grassby: He has a social conscience he tries to tell you. He would not know what it meant.
MR BERRY: This so-called social conscience that Mr Collaery alleges he supports, from his left vantage point, he said, tongue-in-cheek again, the - - -
A member: That is right.
MR BERRY: It is the old people and the people on low incomes who will suffer because of this Government's apologist approach to the antics of the Greiner Government. And it is the same sort of people and it is the same sort of policies which the Federal Liberals have modelled their election promises on. That is the sort of government we have opposite.
Let me say just a couple of words about Mr Duby and his stand to win confidence for the Government on the basis of its popularity and the commendation that they tend to hand
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