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a vassal territory of a Federal government over the years. This stable grouping of 10 persons out of 17 in this Assembly is already delivering the goods.
Mr Moore: If you keep saying it long enough you will believe it.
MR COLLAERY: We hear the voice from the pillar or the couch over there. Parking in Reid and other inner suburbs was looked after by Mr Duby of the Alliance Government; that is irrefutable. We have seen a letter in the Canberra Times recently from the leader of the Reid Residents Association thanking the Alliance Government for that initiative. I suggest that Mr Moore give some thought to his role in the Assembly on topics of that nature when he is clearly being completely unreasonable towards this Government.
The other direction in which this Government is going is placing this Territory on a proper national and territorial level. This ministry is taking its place with like-minded governments and ministries on issues of reform which affect the community across the political spectrum.
Although the Opposition is belittling us on issues such as whether an Executive Deputy is attending, the real issue is that we are attending ministerial conferences at which we seek out and find interesting developments that will put this Territory on the map in terms of proper and stable government. I will give you an example. The South Australian and West Australian governments have innovative programs in the field of public housing and welfare. There is no point in this Government trying to reinvent the wheel in some of those areas. Ironically, they are Labor States with which we have recently exchanged information. We have received the utmost cooperation from those Ministers. They see the pressures that we are under. They trust that the people of the ACT will be served. They are not trying to serve us as Ministers; they are helping us on a collegiate Australian basis. To belittle the attendance of people shows the pettiness of the Opposition at the moment. So you got rolled. Why do you not grin and bear it and get on with serving the people of the ACT?
Mr Berry: I want to get Mr Collaery to table that letter to which he was referring.
MR COLLAERY: I table the following letter:
Human Rights Office - Copy of letter from Mr P. Bailey, to the Editor, the Canberra Times, dated 17 January 1990.
MR SPEAKER: Thank you, Mr Collaery. Thank you for that observation, Mr Berry.
MR WOOD (4.23): Mr Speaker, we have just heard a most significant speech. It was 15 minutes in length and not
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