Page 2283 - Week 08 - Thursday, 7 June 1990
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Mr Jensen: I raise a point of order, Mr Speaker. My point of order relates to relevance within this debate. There are four items that can be discussed as I see it: health, education, planning, and the X-rated tax.
MR SPEAKER: Objection overruled, Mr Jensen. Please proceed, Mr Berry.
MR BERRY: The Chief Minister refused to sack him and so left himself open to these very accusations of hypocrisy and lack of integrity and to the condemnation of the ACT community. We have seen both the Liberals and the Residents Rally jettison their policies on the ground that they are in some form of an alliance. This lack of credibility is one response to the excuses that they have given in relation to their policy base. Hypocrisy is one of the more commonly expressed views of the community. Condemnation is universal. The actions of the Chief Minister do nothing to overcome this. They foster the actions which led to these charges against him.
The president of the Residents Rally party has quoted from the party platform and has demonstrated that their elected members have gone astray. Over and over again we see demonstrations of the hypocrisy of the Government. The main crime of the Government, fostered by the Chief Minister, is the destruction of this city, because this is what is happening with this Government and this is why this Chief Minister deserves to go.
I must mention something I found quite amusing this morning. I wondered what the Residents Rally leader in the house was doing last night. I bet he spent many sleepless hours wondering whether he should pass up this chance and thinking, "Here is the chance, here is the chance. If I let it go by now, will I ever get another chance again; will I ever get another chance again to vote for this motion of no confidence? Could I be Chief Minister tomorrow afternoon?". I wonder how long that kept him awake. I bet it kept him awake for a little while. I bet the Chief Minister has been worried about Mr Duby, because until Mr Duby puts his hand into the air the Chief Minister will not know what he is going to do. I can tell by his countenance that he agrees with me in this respect.
Mr Speaker, they are proud of the position that they have placed this Territory in. This is why the Chief Minister has to go and this is why the Government has to go. This will result in support from the Labor Party for this motion of no confidence. How could the Labor Party support a Chief Minister who has fulfilled the greatest fears of the community - the privatisation of the ACT and the talking down of the ACT economy.
This is the Chief Minister who parades as an accountant but who talks like a bookkeeper. The Chief Minister has shown that he has no understanding of this economy. The Chief Minister has shown that he has no commitment to this city.
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