Page 4438 - Week 15 - Wednesday, 21 November 1990
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introduction of the planning and land management legislation and the appeals legislation. Given that that is one of the striking features of the legislation, which of course we support, it does indicate that no-one is expecting that this legislation will be in place by 30 June 1991.
So, how ironic it is that the onerous failure of the Follett Government to have the legislation in place after six months, starting from scratch, has now become a prudent and careful approach by the Alliance Government in waiting some 18 months from the flying start it got from the Follett Government's work. The Alliance Government took over the package at exposure draft stage and discussion paper stage and drafting instructions stage, and it would appear, from all the evidence to the Estimates Committee, that 18 months after the taking of the reins of government - that is, by the end of June next year - we will be lucky if the legislation has passed this place.
MR KAINE (Chief Minister and Treasurer) (4.38): That was a very interesting and constructive observation, of course, on the part of Mr Connolly; but I think that if he goes back and has another look at the Hansard he will see that what the Opposition was then saying was not that the legislation was not in place but that it was not available. Indeed, when we took the government on 5 December last year the only thing that was available still was a discussion paper. Seven months on from when we took the government there was indeed a full package of five pieces of legislation out there for public comment, and some of it had been out four months before - as opposed to the seven months when you were there and you did nothing except produce a discussion paper.
Mr Berry: You have been there almost a year.
Ms Follett: Where is the legislation?
MR KAINE: I acknowledge that Mr Connolly was not here last year, so I excuse his brashness; but when Mr Berry and Ms Follett start to make clucking noises I must point out that seven months after they came to office they had produced a discussion paper; seven months after we came to office we had a complete set of five pieces of draft legislation out there for public discussion. We received a very large number of public responses to that. It has been revised.
Mr Berry: Where is the legislation?
MR SPEAKER: Order, Mr Berry! We heard you the first time.
Mr Berry: He did not.
MR KAINE: I heard you, and I am sick and tired of your carping criticism, because at least there are five pieces of draft legislation out there that the public has had ample opportunity to comment on - and so have you, if you had bothered, but you did not.
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