Page 1868 - Week 07 - Wednesday, 30 May 1990
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MR SPEAKER: Order! Relevance, Mr Moore.
MR MOORE: Mr Speaker, I am glad you drew my attention to this. This is the Supply Bill, and we can discuss it basically. We have a very broad option traditionally.
MR SPEAKER: Yes. I think that is a little too broad though, Mr Moore. Please proceed.
MR MOORE: Not at all, Mr Speaker. I do not intend to pursue it anyway, so I shall move on.
Ms Maher: How about withdrawing it?
MR MOORE: Withdraw it? Is that a point of order?
MR SPEAKER: Order! You were not asked to withdraw it. Please proceed, Mr Moore.
MR MOORE: I think we have a point of order, Mr Speaker.
MR SPEAKER: Mr Moore, please do not attempt to run the Assembly. Do you wish to continue your speech?
MR MOORE: I do, thanks.
MR SPEAKER: Please proceed.
MR MOORE: Then we get to the rest of the education figures. We still have not had a satisfactory answer about the fact that Minister Humphries was able to table a document in this Assembly - the annual report of the Australian Capital Territory Schools Authority, now the department, dated December 1989 - which says that there were no surplus spaces, but within three months we suddenly have an incredible amount of surplus space. The Minister is being snowed by his department in an attempt to protect itself. Like most of us, he has at some stage watched Yes, Minister, and he probably should apply some of the tactics.
Then I should move on to health, Mr Speaker. I could say once again that the general feeling in the community is very strong about the Royal Canberra Hospital. Yesterday a petition was tabled. About 40,000 people were prepared to sign it. There was a tremendous effort from members of the community to collect those signatures of people who are dissatisfied with the decision to close the Royal Canberra Hospital. They are also dissatisfied that within a very short time the Government announced that there is going to be a $150m private hospital to take a range of beds. We have a big "K" conservative government over here that is really just trying to go - - -
Mr Humphries: Big "K" conservative?
MR MOORE: That is right. You should see it when you get three of those together; that is when you get really
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