Page 1431 - Week 06 - Tuesday, 1 May 1990
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about that. We would not have closed places down. We would have done something about that. We would not have done that. But this Government, Mr Speaker, rushed in to grab power for the glory of the power. Its members are not interested in the people of Canberra. They are interested only in the glory of being in government and being Ministers. They are not interested in the residents of north Canberra.
I thought they would have taken care of opening the facilities at Mitchell - if they are going to do this, and I am not sure that they are. They tell you that they will do these things, but all we hear about is what they are going to close down. They have more twists than a bottle of worms, Mr Speaker. You do not know what they will do next.
Last week the Chief Minister gave us a great speech on the greenhouse effect. He made statements about the ozone layer. But, at the same time, Mr Duby was forcing residents of inner Canberra to drive many kilometres more to dump their rubbish. Have they asked the shopkeepers in these areas whether they mind having the stench of garbage all round their shops? I would like to know about that. Of course they have not been asked. The Government does not ask, Mr Speaker; it just goes ahead and does it.
Mr Duby said, "Oh, we'll give them big bins; don't worry about that". It does not matter that the people have said that they do not want big bins. Again, we will just give them to them. It does not really matter, because Mr Duby will not be here after the next election; he does not really care what we give the people. He does not care whether the people are asked. We have only to look at the papers on the weekends - and I quote from one of the letters which said "Bring back Rosemary" - to know they are sick of it. The sign at the Ainslie Transfer Station says "Dump Duby". That is what we should be doing, Mr Speaker - taking Mr Duby to the tip and dumping him. I think that is the best thing that we could do, Mr Speaker. He had the tag of "No Self Government".
Mr Collaery: And he gave you five minutes.
MRS GRASSBY: No, I think you gave me the five minutes. I think Mr Duby wanted to sit me down.
Mr Duby: No; I supported that.
MRS GRASSBY: I am sorry, Mr Duby. If you supported me, I will forgive you. But I cannot help it; the sign at the tip said "Dump Duby". As I said before, the letters in the Canberra Times say "Bring back Rosemary". People are sick of not being consulted and they are sick of being told what they are going to get.
All Mr Collaery can say is, "Where is the money?". Mr Collaery, I think you should run a better government so that you have the money to do the things that people want.
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