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say, or do not say, and what they say differently between themselves. We see that every day we sit here opposite them, and we see one or two of them grimace to each other when one of them speaks, because they are not united. They cannot offer stable government. All they offer is that sort - - -
Mr Connolly: What nonsense, Bernard. You are the ones rolling your eyes when the Chief Minister speaks.
MR COLLAERY: We have managed to provoke Mr Connolly at last. All they offer is the type of inconsistency and deception that they constantly peddle in the community. They have gone to these public meetings - and, regrettably, Mr Moore has joined them as well - and attacked the personalities involved, and they pursue the personalities in this chamber constantly. They have pursued my colleague Mr Humphries who is, after all, responding to a call from his Treasurer to find funding cuts. He is responding like every other Minister in this country is currently doing.
You well know, Mr Berry, that maybe the only Labor government in this country in a few years will be the Goss Government, but that depends on how much time Gough Whitlam spends up there, as he seems to spend a bit of time there. Mr Berry knows that people want to vote for stability and for people who can take hard decisions and show conscience. You are not doing it. You are not doing it.
MR WOOD (11.08): Already the Opposition has won this debate by default. I will expand on that shortly if I need to - and I do not think I need to; it is so obvious. But let me comment again on some of Mr Collaery's comments about the ALP education policy. I recall that Mr Jensen some time ago read out the same document, and I am quite happy to hear it read. Indeed, I drafted it on behalf of the ALP education committee, of which I was a member. Let me tell Mr Collaery very clearly what our promise was in that last election campaign. We promised not to close schools. Let me remind Mr Collaery what his promise was. Mr Collaery promised to give $7.2m extra to education. Now, just contrast - - -
Mr Collaery: We did not know that you had plundered the revenue.
MR SPEAKER: Order! Order, Mr Collaery!
MR WOOD: Would you say that again?
Mr Collaery: You plundered the revenue of the Territory.
MR SPEAKER: Order, Mr Collaery, please!
MR WOOD: Oh dear, oh dear. So you are admitting that you did not really know what you were on about. You did not know then, and you do not know today. So bear in mind - - -
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