Page 4646 - Week 16 - Tuesday, 27 November 1990
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statements, about what they are going to do to guarantee funding. You have had the time to put things actually into place by 1 January next year. So, no wonder there is no confidence in the community, simply because you use only words.
Finally, Mr Duby mentioned something about $1.9m capital and $900,000 recurrent, or it is the other way around, I believe, that - - -
Mr Duby: I said no such thing.
MR WOOD: Well, I will go back to your text. You said that there was money flowing, that you were going to be extra generous this year and release extra money.
Mr Duby: I did not.
MR WOOD: Well, you were quoting from the speech that I read, too.
Mr Duby: I said no such thing. Are you talking about this evening?
MR WOOD: Well, let me quote the Chief Minister's speech. I believe that this is what you were referring to, Mr Duby. I quote from the Chief Minister's speech:
The Government has agreed to additional recurrent expenditure of $1.9m and to additional capital expenditure of $0.9m in 1990-91 to community services.
Mr Duby: The Chief Minister said that; I certainly did not say that.
MR WOOD: Well, perhaps I misunderstood you, Mr Duby. It is easy to misunderstand you - it comes out so garbled. Whether Mr Duby supported the Chief Minister or not, I will not argue now; but that seems - - -
Mr Duby: I always support the Chief Minister.
MR WOOD: Well, you bucketed him a minute ago, did you not? That seems, at the outset, fairly generous; but the fact is that, as the Leader of the Opposition pointed out, it is a net loss after taking into account the interest that has accrued over the years. There is no generosity in that at all. It is interesting to note that they have not projected beyond the 1991-92 financial year, and that at least is sensible because they know that they will not be here after that time to be making decisions. These unfortunate decisions about the CDF are one of the reasons why they will not be here then.
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