Page 134 - Week 01 - Wednesday, 17 February 1993
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On the basis of the motion, they do not intend to do anything. As I said when I spoke on this motion originally, it is so absolutely meaningless that I cannot support it. The Government ought to come clean and tell us what they really intend to do, if they have a plan.
MS SZUTY (11.17): I foreshadow an amendment to Mr Berry's amendment which I believe will be circulated presently. I agree with Mr Humphries. The first point in Mr Berry's amendment to omit "directs the Government" and substitute "notes the Labor Party's priority for the next three years" simply is not strong enough. What I am suggesting, which will be stronger and will send a clearer message to the community, is to substitute for those words the words "endorses the Government's commitment". By using the words "endorses the Government's commitment", the community can see that this Labor Government has a clear commitment to those facilities and uses that the community has said it wants for Acton Peninsula. I think it is a stronger amendment than Mr Berry's, and I would urge the Assembly to consider it.
MADAM SPEAKER: Ms Szuty, you can move that now. It is an amendment to an amendment which is before us, and other people may speak to your amendment to the amendment if they so choose.
MS SZUTY: I move:
Omit "notes the Labor Party's priority for the next 3 years", substitute "endorses the Government's commitment".
MR BERRY (Minister for Health, Minister for Industrial Relations and Minister for Sport) (11.19): Ms Szuty's amendment is six of one and half a dozen of the other. There is a lot of froth and bubble about a few words. We have made our position clear. We have a record of sticking to our promises.
Mr Kaine: What is your promise in the case of Acton Peninsula? To note the Labor Party's priorities? I do not care what the Labor Party's priorities are. Tell us what yours are.
MR BERRY: If you sit and listen I will tell you. We will retain the Acton Peninsula site as a public health facility with rehabilitation and aged care services, a convalescent facility, the Queen Elizabeth II home for mothers and babies, and a hospice. That is what we will do.
Mr Humphries: When?
MR BERRY: Somebody asked when. If a Hewson government wins the election it will take a lot longer because we are going to have a lot less money to spend in this Territory. So you people are going to be the guilty ones if you keep supporting those sorts of policies, because we are going to have a lot less money to spend in the Territory. We are going to have a lot less health money to spend in this Territory as a result of the actions of the Liberals federally. They are the ones who are going to cut the finances of the Territory. It will be a lot longer, when it comes to the provision of services in the Territory, if we have to tolerate the horrific experience of a Liberal-led government.
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