Page 437 - Week 02 - Wednesday, 2 March 1994
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MR HUMPHRIES: I said that we needed legislation to validate existing titles. Ms Follett said that I was scaremongering.
Ms Follett: I said that whatever action was needed would be taken.
MR HUMPHRIES: If she can explain to me the difference between her position now and my position then, I would be very happy to hear it.
Ms Follett: I was right.
MR HUMPHRIES: But I said the same thing. So if you are right, I must be right too, Ms Follett. Perhaps you can explain it to me at some stage. My simple mind cannot comprehend the difference between these two subtle positions. I also welcome the Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Bill, which is referred to in the Chief Minister's program. That, I hope, will be of great importance to the people of the Territory in the future as we come to rely more directly on the people's wishes in respect of some of the matters I think they would like to express a view on, particularly today with things like our Electoral (Amendment) Bill.
I also welcome the Public Sector Management Bill. The proclaimed places legislation is an important piece of legislation that is well overdue. The transfer of the University of Canberra to the jurisdiction of the ACT is also much sought after. The Domestic Relationships Bill and the Evidence (Closed-Circuit Television) (Amendment) Bill will also bring some needed reforms to the ACT's legislative framework. That, however, does not make a summer, and I regret that there are not more good things in this program to look forward to.
MR TEMPORARY DEPUTY SPEAKER (Mr Westende): I call the Deputy Chief Minister.
MR BERRY (Minister for Health, Minister for Industrial Relations and Minister for Sport) (5.12): Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker, or Mr Acting Deputy Speaker, or something like that.
Mr Moore: For how long have you been here? Five years?
Mr Humphries: He is a fast learner.
MR BERRY: It is irrelevant, but I am sure that the decisions will be impartial.
Mr Moore: I take a point of order, Mr Temporary Deputy Speaker.
MR BERRY: It is irrelevant because I know that the decisions will be impartial.
Mr Moore: I withdraw my point of order.
MR BERRY: I must say that I was deeply concerned about some of the whining I heard from the Liberals about the Government's performance, in health in particular. But it is not uncommon; it is merely an echo of the past. The lie that is being told about the performance of our hospital - - -
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