Page 3533 - Week 12 - Thursday, 19 September 1991
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MS FOLLETT: Mr Collaery really does take the cake in terms of doublespeak. I do not believe that I need to apologise to anybody, least of all to the poor beleaguered public servants who had the unenviable job of working for him when he was Attorney-General. I made it quite clear that I think the legal chicanery was Mr Collaery's doing and his only.
Mr Collaery: I take a point of order, Mr Acting Speaker. I do ask that the Chief Minister withdraw the word "chicanery". I think it is a reflection on the legal activities of the Territory and me.
MR ACTING SPEAKER: I will have a look at the word "chicanery".
I am inclined to allow that.
MS FOLLETT: That is an excellent decision, Mr Acting Speaker. Thank you for it. It is totally and wholly appropriate in this case and in many others as well.
The last part of Mr Collaery's question was: Why did I issue a press release? I issue a lot of press releases. I rather doubt whether the one that he refers to says anything like what he claims it says; but, Mr Acting Speaker, I issue a press release because I like to keep people informed. This was a very important matter for the Territory which Mr Collaery, in typical fashion, was handling in a totally bungling and incompetent manner.
Tourism Industry
MRS NOLAN: My question is to the Chief Minister in her capacity as Minister for tourism, and it follows on from the question I asked yesterday and to which I was not able to get an answer. Why has the Tourism Commission received a reduction of $1m in funding? Given that it is the Tourism Commission, set up by the Alliance Government, that has been able to streamline, channel and move more money into marketing, and thus become more competitive with the rest of the Australian States and Territories, by closing those offices and doing some other initiatives the end result is that they have had a reduction of $1m in funding. Tourism is our major employer, employing some 8,000 to 10,000 people. You have allocated $500,000 to youth unemployment training schemes. Who is going to employ our youth, if it is not the tourism industry?
MS FOLLETT: Again, Mr Acting Speaker, Mrs Nolan asked this question yesterday, and I do not think it is appropriate for her to ask the same question twice. I took on notice Mrs Nolan's detailed question yesterday. She will be provided with a full answer as soon as that is possible, and it will not be very long.
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