Page 4184 - Week 14 - Wednesday, 23 October 1991
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people have not been shoplifting so much. It is all our profit". I would like to say, "Like something else"; but I know that I would be told to withdraw. They certainly would not give it back to you; they would keep the profits. The NRMA has negotiated with us.
It has been said that we should give the money back to the motorists. It has been going on for 10 years. How would you find half the motorists? By the time you did find them, the money would be used up in the administrative costs of trying to find the people it belonged to. I am quite sure that some of those people have gone to a much better place than here - that is, to a better place in another world - and do not have to put up with this. Of course, there are others who have moved on to other cities. So, I am quite sure that it would be very difficult to find these people to give them back their money.
The NRMA have negotiated with the Government on measures that the motorist will appreciate and gain from. If we have lower third-party insurance premiums than New South Wales, many people may flock to live in the ACT. That would help us a lot. We would definitely have 12 seats in the Legislative Assembly. I believe that Rosemary Follett had a dream the other night that we won 12 seats, with only 11 candidates, and she did not know what to do. I could probably thank the NRMA for that too, but I am not quite sure.
Mr Kaine: It was a nightmare.
MRS GRASSBY: No, it was not a nightmare; it was a wonderful dream. She woke up and broke out a bottle of champagne, had a drink and rang us all up. We felt very satisfied because Rosemary's dreams usually come true.
MR SPEAKER: Relevance, please, Mrs Grassby.
MRS GRASSBY: I am being very relevant. I am only thanking the NRMA for the fact that, because they have negotiated with our Government and they have done the right thing with the $40m, so many people are going to flock here and vote Labor. That is all I am saying, Mr Speaker.
Ms Follett: That makes sense.
MRS GRASSBY: Of course it makes sense. I think that we are very fortunate that we do have an insurance company that has done the right thing by the people of Canberra. It has done the right thing by the Government in Canberra and has said, "Look, this is the sort of money that is left over because of all the very good things that have happened in Canberra". Our roads are better, we make sure that we train drivers and Canberra people have a higher intelligence and try harder to avoid accidents. I would like to put the lower accident rate down to that. We do have much more intelligent people in the ACT. That is why we will have 12 Labor Party members in the Assembly next time.
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