Page 1505 - Week 06 - Wednesday, 2 May 1990
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Mr Kaine: I have been misrepresented.
MR SPEAKER: You will have to rise on that issue.
MR BERRY: The fact of the matter is that the Chief Minister has admitted that he has turned his back on the policies on which he was elected.
Mr Kaine: I have not.
MR BERRY: You have too! And so has Mr Collaery.
MR SPEAKER: Order! Please address your comments through the Chair.
MR BERRY: Mr Speaker, these are the sorts of people who join a government and, because there is an alliance, they think they can turn their backs on their mandate.
Mr Kaine: Let us talk to the issue.
MR BERRY: You had no mandate to close the Ainslie Transfer Station. The Residents Rally had no mandate to do that either. The No Self Government Party did not have a mandate to do anything. Why is there not a conscience vote on this? You would not let Hector get involved in a conscience vote. You had to twist his arm behind his back. You have even told him not to come into the chamber today because he might be an embarrassment to you.
Ms Maher: Maybe he has got more important things to do.
MR BERRY: Oh, we are all getting very toey now that we have been exposed. Look at them jumping up and down. According to this Government's own figures, announced in this place yesterday by Minister Duby, it costs about $16 a tonne to transfer the waste from the Ainslie depot to other depots. How much will it cost the community? This is a classic - - -
Mr Duby: It costs $16 a tonne to take the stuff away. There is no question about that.
MR BERRY: Thank you. It costs $16 a tonne to take it away in bulk loads. What in fact has happened here is a sleight of hand, because what the Government is doing is transferring the burden of this cost to the people in that area. It has not told them that, of course. Mr Duby surrounds it all with statements about making great savings. But the community is not going to save anything. It is going to cost people more. You cannot tell me that people can drive to the far-flung reaches of the Territory with a few kilos of rubbish in their box trailers and utilities and do it at a cost of $16 a tonne. There is a significant impact on the community in money terms.
What this Minister is about is ensuring that people are isolated from these facilities, and of course the bodgie
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