Page 2781 - Week 10 - Tuesday, 14 August 1990
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Mr Duby: That is one of the ones that are going to be blocked for ages because the unions are holding the people to ransom and they will not go back to work.
MR WOOD: Yes, because you will not take the procedures that are - - -
Mr Duby: Because we guaranteed them money up front and they will not accept it.
MR ACTING SPEAKER: Order!
MR WOOD: I see that my time has expired. (Extension of time granted)
Mr Kaine: This is too entertaining to pass up, Bill.
MR WOOD: The Chief Minister has been listening to Gough Whitlam over the years, I fancy. We may extend this debate a little further. When I finish we will go on for another five minutes and that will enable Mr Duby to get up and explain how it is that we have got road works all over Canberra where nothing is happening.
Mr Duby: Make it the MPI tomorrow and we will tell you.
MR WOOD: All right, thank you. I have raised two points of concern to me; whether they are Shelley's responsibility or someone else's, I will take your advice on.
Mr Duby: Shelleys is Wakefield.
MR WOOD: Thank you; but you can go along in any part of Canberra and find a disconnection to our services because of this disruption. You can debate whether I have picked the best examples or not, but the fact is that we have been seriously inconvenienced all over Canberra because you have not hurried to pick up the pieces that you have had thrown all over the place. This is the problem. I would prefer to see some sort of indication on the part of people on your side that you are concerned about the traffic jams that you have created.
Mr Kaine: We are, very, because it causes pollution and we are very worried about that.
MR WOOD: I do not see this. I see no evidence anywhere that you want to hasten things so that people in Canberra can move about in the way they normally do.
Mr Jensen: So, we stop all road works, Bill, do we? No road works whatsoever, is that what you are suggesting?
MR WOOD: No, fix the roads, but when you get a foul-up, as there is at the moment, I would like to see some evidence that you want to hurry and get things back to the stage where there is work being carried on. What you see now in
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