Page 1595 - Week 05 - Thursday, 18 April 1991
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that has been done to them and the nature of their achievement that the patron of their tour is the very famous Australian playwright, David Williamson. It is a very exciting time for them. I am happy to inform the house of their great achievement, and I hope that they will get the support of everybody here.
Alliance Government
MR BERRY (5.58): It is appropriate to rise in the adjournment debate this week because it has been a very serious week, if one can use that term to describe what has occurred in the ACT, for the people of the Territory. This week, after a long wait, at least 1,000 jobs have evaporated, all at a time when the economic circumstances which have impacted on the Territory are causing pressure in the job market.
We have to focus our continuing attention on the reason for that loss of jobs. That is very clearly the instability in the Alliance Government. We have in turn to examine the cause of that instability. That clearly is the Residents Rally party and its members. It is particularly so on this matter because of the public utterances of the Deputy Chief Minister, Mr Collaery, and the utterances of Dr Kinloch, whom people seem to describe as the victor in relation to the casino project.
Mr Collaery: I raise a point of order, Mr Speaker. Mr Berry is reflecting on a previous debate, when Mrs Grassby was asked to withdraw, and withdrew, the word "victor".
MR SPEAKER: Order! Mr Collaery, I am not sure of the point you are raising. Please proceed, Mr Berry.
MR BERRY: Now Dr Kinloch will feel very satisfied with himself.
Dr Kinloch: This is a cracked record.
MR BERRY: It will continually flow, Dr Kinloch, until your conscience is pricked enough to have some concern for the people of the ACT and not just yourself. I think that is the important issue. You have a job; you have a pension; you are not worried about the rest. Those are the facts. The NIMBYs of this town can walk away from the responsibility to provide jobs, but the Labor Party will not. The Labor Party is about responsible development and the provision of jobs for the people we represent.
We are not worried about one little house near Rocky Knoll. We are not worried about our own personal preferences. What we are worried about is the people of Canberra, whom we represent. We heard during the week - or saw, rather; you do not hear a stab in the back, unless you hear the squish of the knife going in - another stab in the back
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