Page 4003 - Week 13 - Tuesday, 23 November 1993
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To a certain extent, I agree with Mr Berry's interjection that the real world will still be here next year. I say to Mr Berry and to others that things never change. Once again, it is a pity that some recommendations made in last year's Estimates Committee report about certain Ministers again show up in this year's Estimates Committee report. It seems to me that the real world is still with us from year to year. It does not change.
Mr Berry: Make it clearer what you are talking about. If you are making an allegation, go to it. You cannot do it, can you?
MR DE DOMENICO: Madam Speaker, in the little time I have left I will, first of all, disregard the interjections from Mr Berry and, secondly, comment on the specific areas of my responsibility and interest. One is Comcare. I agree entirely with the recommendations made by the committee in that area. I look forward to seeing the Government's response. That is one area that should provide very interesting reading when the Government response comes.
All members of the Estimates Committee, or at least the ones on this side of the house, are very much looking forward to what is going to happen in terms of the construction industry long service leave levy. We have heard from all sorts of experts over the years about what the Government ought to be doing. We have also heard from the Government what it intends to do by the end of this year. I am sure that members of the Opposition and also the Independents very much look forward to what the Minister, Mr Berry, intends doing and seeing whether he in fact makes good his promise to do something by the end of the sittings this year.
The competitive tendering issue was handled very adequately by my colleague Mr Westende, and I think the Government ought to take heed of what has been said. Mrs Carnell mentioned the recommendations made in the Hilmer report. I agree that it is one of the most significant reports ever presented in this country, and I am sure that members from time to time, as they travel the length and breadth of the country, and some of them around the world, would realise that corporatisation, spending money in the most effective way possible, is the methodology used by not only conservative political parties. It is being used by all sensible political parties all over the country and in fact all over the world, and I look forward to hearing the Government's response to the committee's recommendations on that matter.
I also look forward to the response to recommendations in relation to ACTION buses. Once again I have had the privilege of travelling round all the ACTION bus depots and speaking to the people at the coalface. It is surprising to hear the personal views of those members who are prepared to talk to people from time to time. Even Mr Connolly might be surprised at the attitudes of some of those who work for ACTION buses, and I look forward to hearing - - -
Mr Connolly: And not many of them vote for you, Mr De Domenico; I can tell you that.
MR DE DOMENICO: You would also be surprised about that, Mr Connolly, believe it or not. As Ms Szuty mentioned, Mr Connolly, I must admit, has tried very hard in his own way to make sure that those savings that can be made are made. He has to be congratulated on that. So let us not criticise all the time without giving credit where credit is due. I would also like to comment on the
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