Page 2305 - Week 08 - Thursday, 7 June 1990
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Over the last six months four out of five related pieces of draft legislation concerning land planning and land use have been put out for public comment, and the fifth one will go out today if the people opposite give us the time to do it. That is the final tile in the edifice of land planning legislation, something that they could not do in seven months. They could not handle it in seven months.
Mr Speaker, we have appointed the Casino Surveillance Authority. We have given support to the provision of parental leave for male workers in the ACT. We launched a blueprint for the ageing. We released two manuals with detailed measures for water pollution control. We released a consultation paper on developing an ACT strategy to respond to the greenhouse effect. We opened the Christ Church house for homeless girls in Macquarie. We released Beyond the Burdekin Report. Why did you not do that while you were in government? You could not.
Mrs Grassby: I did do it.
MR KAINE: You could not.
Mrs Grassby: It was all organised before I left.
MR SPEAKER: Order! Mrs Grassby, please!
MR KAINE: We released Beyond the Burdekin Report, calling on all sections of the community to work with the Government on youth homelessness. We introduced the seniors card which comes into effect on 1 July. We allocated eight Housing Trust properties to six community organisations for the new singles share accommodation scheme. We opened a new $10m tourism and hospitality school. We announced our decision to tax the wholesale price of X-rated videos. We released draft environmental assessments and inquiries regulations for public comment. We introduced a registration scheme for ACT motor vehicle encumbrances to increase consumer protection in this area.
That, Mr Speaker, is just a small sample of what this Government has done in six months. Stack it up against what that weak lot in opposition did when they were in government.
Mr Berry: I raise a point of order, Mr Speaker. This is a very serious matter. I refer you to standing order 58 and I then refer you to the motion and the amendment before the Assembly. I call on you to direct the Chief Minister not to digress.
MR SPEAKER: I have allowed leniency in this matter throughout this debate, Mr Berry, and I overrule your objection. Please proceed, Chief Minister.
Mr Berry: Well, Mr Speaker, I did not ask for leniency when I was on my feet and I expect the same rule to be applied to the Chief Minister.
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