Page 1576 - Week 06 - Thursday, 3 May 1990
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Ms Follett: You should have invited her to hear it.
Mrs Grassby: You should have invited me then.
MR DEPUTY SPEAKER: Order!
MR COLLAERY: Mr Deputy Speaker, they still cannot accept that point. They have to catcall and make out they were not invited somewhere.
Mrs Grassby: I was not invited to any of them.
MR COLLAERY: If you were not, Mrs Grassby, I will ensure that you are in future. To my knowledge, you were invited to the Kaleen one at least.
Mrs Grassby: I was not.
MR COLLAERY: All right; I stand corrected. Nevertheless, Mrs Grassby, I have gone to these functions time and time again, as members opposite know, and I have given credit where it is due. One thing that makes a difference on the floor of this Assembly is that most of you never reciprocate. You never give any credit where it is due and you take advantage of every possible technicality to score a personalised point on any issue you can find. I made what I think were some very generous comments about Mrs Grassby last Sunday in the presence of a fairly large gathering, and I think some of my other colleagues were present.
Mrs Grassby: It would be nice if you got invited though, would it not, when you started it?
MR COLLAERY: Mrs Grassby, if you were not invited, I will ensure you are in future, but at least give us the credit.
Mrs Grassby referred to the Melba Flats development. That truly is a success in the ACT. Very few governments in Australia have managed to move so many public housing tenants so smoothly with so little reaction. Having lived for seven years myself above Woolloomooloo in Victoria Street, I well recall the agonies of the moves of public housing tenants in the 'Loo in certain earlier years. I think great credit goes to the Commissioner for Housing, the bureau and its staff for what has been achieved at Melba and, equally, credit to Mrs Grassby for supporting those officials in their endeavours. Certainly, we have to thank the trust for putting in a tenant advocate to ensure a smooth and fair relocation of tenants. I can report to the house that that redevelopment, which is to proceed over a two- to three-year period, has now reached the position where stages 1 and 2 are vacated, a perimeter fence has been erected and demolition is expected to commence next month.
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