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provides the citizens of the ACT with a possibility to enjoy better recognition of the fruits of their labours over the years.
This Government has established the Tourism Commission, which goes right against what the other people would like to do. Remember the days when the Tourist Bureau was the personal plaything of the previous Minister, Mr Whalan, who used it for nothing but political advantage and "good news". I miss Mr Whalan in this place because, in debate, he left that lot for dead. Compared to the debates and terrible tirades we hear from this crowd, he was a good debater. He put up logical points. That lot over there could not win a debate with a revolving door, and that is a fact.
Look at the other things we have done. Only today the Chief Minister announced the gazettal of extensions to Namadgi, the Murrumbidgee Corridor, the Jerrabomberra Wetlands and Tidbinbilla Nature Reserves, things which show that we are providing services that the people out there in the community really want and desire. I could go on with other lists here. I have got a pile of them if they want to hear, including introduction of compulsory motor cycle rider training, legislation for the disposal of waste, occupational health and safety legislation - - -
Mrs Grassby: Oh, God! I had that up and going before you became Minister.
MR DUBY: What I was going to say before I was interrupted was that these are things which are supposedly endorsed by the Opposition. Yet somehow, because they were passed under our stewardship, they are now an attack on the fabric of ACT society. What a load of codswallop! It is absolute bloody rubbish.
Mr Kaine: You mean ordinary rubbish.
MR DUBY: Yes, by goodness.
Mr Moore: Now that we have got onto the subject of rubbish, talk about Ainslie tip.
MR DUBY: And that is another thing. Today's newspaper tells how the people of the north side have granted approval for the new plastic bins for the recycling centres that this Government is establishing right throughout the city, something which was on the too-hard list for that crowd over there. I suppose, when you talk about an attack on the fabric of society, the fabric of society is based on economic security, the reality and the feeling that people are going to have jobs in the future.
Mr Collaery: Homes.
MR DUBY: That is right, and homes. It is based not on fatuous ideology. When you look at the record of those
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