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is either closing down or trying to sell off something that belongs to the people.
As for the members of the Residents Rally - known as the NIMBYs in Canberra - it shows how out of touch they are with the people who voted for them. They do not really care what happens to the people of Canberra.
Members interjected.
MR SPEAKER: Order!
MRS GRASSBY: Do not worry, Mr Speaker; I can yell over the gaggling lot on the other side of the house. I have a very good voice. So do not worry about it, Mr Speaker. I can handle it.
MR SPEAKER: Order! The time for the discussion has expired.
MRS GRASSBY: I ask for an extension of time, Mr Speaker.
MR SPEAKER: Is an extension granted? An extension is not granted.
Suspension of Standing and Temporary Orders
Motion (by Mrs Grassby), by leave, agreed to:
That so much of the standing and temporary orders be suspended as would prevent Mrs Grassby speaking for a further five minutes.
MRS GRASSBY: As I was saying, the members of the Residents Rally are out of touch with the people who voted for them, because their big base was in north Canberra where the transfer station was. That is where the roots are of the people who voted for them, and they do not care about them.
As for Mr Duby - we know about St Craig who had the conversion to nowhere and the No Self Government Party - he does not care. Why should he care what he does? He can close down anything; it does not matter. He came in on a no self-government policy. Why should he care about the people of north Canberra and Ainslie? As for telling us that he is going to do something in Mitchell, I would have thought, Mr Speaker, even if he were not going to consult with the people, at least he would have had the facility up and running at Mitchell before he closed the Ainslie Transfer Station down.
As for Mr Jensen over here, who tells us exactly what has happened at the transfer station, I am quite sure he has never been there; he would not know. He is interested only in Tuggeranong. He said that they have nothing at Tuggeranong, but our Government would have done something
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