Page 2291 - Week 08 - Tuesday, 17 August 1993
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when she indicates that it is only the view of the Minister. The simple fact of life, Mrs Carnell, is that the majority of members of this Assembly agree on where this hospice should be located. You might not like that. It is a simple fact, Mrs Carnell, that you have failed to come to grips with when you have considered this issue.
I do sincerely withdraw the comment that you made money out of your 0055 phone number on the hospice site; it was about abortion and when we raised a stink about it you decided to give it to charity. I do understand. One would presume that you can probably - - -
Mr Moore: What was the size of the donation?
Mr De Domenico: It was $280.
MR LAMONT: It was $280. As I said earlier, they did it this way because they did not want to have people who may not give the right answer phone in. Nevertheless, the fact that underpins this argument, I think, has been very eloquently put by Mr Moore and by Mr Berry. Firstly, there is a majority view of this Assembly that the hospice should be located on Acton Peninsula. That is the first thing. The second thing is that a range of consultations and a range of reports were produced. Some of those quite clearly had contrary views. But on balance, taking into account all of those, the Government, Mr Berry, has quite rightfully decided the methodology that should be adopted.
People on the other side are carping - that is a word that we will probably hear more and more of as the next 18 months go by - in relation to this issue without in reality contributing one iota of informed debate.
Mr De Domenico: Ha, ha!
MR LAMONT: I can understand why Mr De Domenico would laugh when people talk about informed debate; he has never been involved in one in his life. It probably would be a novelty for him to start now.
Mr Cornwell: Certainly not from your side in this place.
MR LAMONT: Mr Cornwell has now woken up and is contributing to the debate as well.
Madam Speaker, I regard it as somewhat hypocritical for either the Deputy Leader or the Leader of the Opposition, in public, on radio or here in this Assembly, to stand up with some sanctimonious view about what should now happen to the hospice, saying that these issues should be taken into account and trying to identify specific one-liners that are contrary to the position that has been adopted by the majority of members of this Assembly. It is pretty typical of the way things have gone since the revolving door was put into the Liberal Party after the last election. Mrs Carnell believes that it is now the only way that she can hold onto her seat and keep Mr De Domenico in the seat next to her.
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