Page 3069 - Week 11 - Tuesday, 11 September 1990
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I want to talk about a magnetic personality in the chamber. I refer, of course, to our Leader of the Opposition. I want to talk about intellectual property, and I am sure Mr Moore would be interested because once he had some affiliation to community concerns - and to a colour that went with it. Of course, I refer to the fact that the Residents Rally rhodamine pink has now found its way to the ALP and is now being circulated throughout the northern suburbs of our fair city. I am ending the day on a jocular note, Mr Speaker. This is Residents Rally pink and Residents Rally style, Mr Speaker. The Leader of the Opposition has now taken out the name "Residents Rally". I will show it to members of the Opposition. The Leader of the Opposition has now taken over the Residents Rally colour and style.
That is interesting, of course. She did make a certain offer to the Rally last week, and I suppose that if you cannot get an acceptance in the chamber you get down on your knees to the public. On the back of it is a magnet. Certainly this is an interesting observation on the Labor Party and how it is going at the moment. I know, of course, that Federal Labor Ministers and members are groaning at the moment at the performance of their so-called Labor colleagues in the Territory. That is an open secret.
What we should be doing, Mr Speaker - and I say this through you to the Opposition - is working to ensure that the Opposition is perceived as an opposition and not somehow related to something you would see at Parkwood eggs. The move by the Labor Party to adopt the Residents Rally colour and style is typical of some other tactics we have seen recently. Interestingly, Mr Moore has chosen to adopt and build on some of those tactics, and they are, of course, what we in the community call dirty tricks.
Of course, this is the age of the big lie and we have an opposition which, in the time I have been in this chamber as Deputy Chief Minister, has, I believe, asked me four questions. And for all of those I believe I am indebted to my legal colleague opposite, Mr Connolly. I have had a few questions from Mr Moore. The Opposition has shown very little interest in social justice concerns in the areas that we administer. Vulture-like, they have fallen upon the hospitals and schools issues. I trust that, in this next post-budget session of the Assembly, the Opposition will find the opportunity to comment and ask questions about community affairs, community services, social justice issues, domestic violence concerns and welfare matters, particularly those in the area of youth homelessness.
As Labor Party members, they are distinguished throughout this country by their showing so little interest in these portfolio areas. Four questions I have had, including one relating to social justice concerns, in all the months I have been in government - since December. That is an
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