Page 2785 - Week 09 - Thursday, 26 August 1993
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Ms Ellis: I said that quite sincerely.
MR DE DOMENICO: And I am saying this quite sincerely. I want to remind them, quite sincerely, of what the Labor Party federally did about social justice. I suggest that there is no social justice in the amount of money that people have to pay for petrol.
Mr Berry: Madam Speaker, I take a point of order. I think the issue is about foster care, not what the Federal Government did in the last budget. We hear enough of it - - -
Mr Humphries: It is a sensitive subject.
Mr Berry: No, it is not very sensitive; it is just getting a bit boring.
MR DE DOMENICO: I would be bored if I were you, too.
MADAM SPEAKER: Mr De Domenico, I will leave it in your hands, but you do know that the subject before us is foster care.
MR DE DOMENICO: Yes, I do, Madam Speaker. Reflecting on what was said by former speakers, Madam Speaker, I thank you for the liberty you have given me. I remind Mr Berry and others that there is no social justice in the increasing petrol price.
Mr Berry: What you ought to do is remind us about foster care. That is what I have come here to listen to.
MADAM SPEAKER: Order, Mr Berry! Continue, Mr De Domenico.
MR DE DOMENICO: Mr Berry, it would be social justice if the foster care families we are talking about did not have to pay an extra 10c for petrol. It would be no social justice if foster care families who happen to be public servants were to be taxed on their accumulated long service leave. It is in fact unjust for foster care families - - -
Mr Lamont: Madam Speaker, I rise on a point of order, in particular in relation to relevance. Mr De Domenico seems to have forgotten, although it is not unusual, that all of the items he has just raised are in the purview of the Commonwealth Government. The MPI this afternoon is quite specific in the words used. I presume that that is because it was done by Mr Cornwell and not by Mr De Domenico. I draw your attention to these words: "The failure of the Follett Labor Government to adequately subsidise foster carers in the ACT". It is not the failure of the Federal Government to implement a proper social justice strategy. If Mr De Domenico would care to address the MPI, we might learn something, although I doubt it.
MADAM SPEAKER: Mr De Domenico, I remind you of the topic of the MPI. Please continue.
MR DE DOMENICO: Thank you, Madam Speaker. I am prepared for Mr Lamont to take another point of order in about two minutes, when I repeat that, in the light of the fact that we are debating how much it costs ACT families to provide foster care for ACT children, they - - -
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