Page 662 - Week 03 - Wednesday, 21 March 1990
Next page . . . . Previous page . . . . Contents . . . . Debates(HTML) . . . . PDF . . . .
in draft form. He has also trumpeted the agreement with Mr Greiner on developing a regional economic strategy, conveniently forgetting that it was my Government that proposed this to Mr Greiner's Government over six months ago.
When we look at Mr Collaery's achievements in his portfolio the fun really starts. Is it not laudable that we have an agreement from this Government to introduce a register of encumbered vehicles to prevent consumers being ripped off? This was Labor Party policy and was included in our budget as far back as July of last year. That has not stopped Mr Collaery claiming it as an achievement. Ditto for the $100,000 funding for a community mediation service which is now claimed to be a Collaery achievement. Mr Collaery likes it so much that he has claimed it twice, at pages 3 and 4 of his achievements.
Mr Collaery: And both times it says, "(NB: Follett Government initiative)".
MS FOLLETT: He has claimed it twice. He does not even know what it means.
Mr Collaery: Oh, come on!
MS FOLLETT: If you had been at the opening you might have understood. After announcing the preparation of anti-discrimination legislation, yet another achievement which this Government has delayed rather than initiated, perhaps Mr Collaery thought that his record looked a bit thin - and I have to sympathise with him on that - so he has padded out this report by claiming as achievements of his Government that it has tabled two reports from the Law Reform Commission. What an outstanding performance! His record is so thin that he can receive a report from a Commonwealth Government body, walk into this Assembly, put it on the table and claim that as an achievement. I think it is all relative. Compared with the other achievements of this Government, it probably is a monumental effort. Then Mr Collaery has the hide to claim that he established extra child-care places funded by the Commonwealth Government and that it is an achievement of this Alliance Government.
Let us look at the performance of Mr Duby who claims as one of his achievements the introduction of compulsory motorcycle rider training. Good one, Mr Duby! This is yet another matter which was included in the Labor budget and in relation to which the Bill was prepared last year. Perhaps Mr Duby thinks that promising free parking in Civic for vehicles carrying three or more people is an innovation. I hope he does not think that he thought of it, although he has most certainly claimed the credit for it. Quite obviously, Mr Duby did not read the paper on transport issues which we released last October and which proposed the same thing.
Next page . . . . Previous page . . . . Contents . . . . Debates(HTML) . . . . PDF . . . .