Page 3972 - Week 13 - Wednesday, 9 November 1994
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ADJOURNMENT
MR DEPUTY SPEAKER: Order! It being 4.30 pm, I propose the question:
That the Assembly do now adjourn.
Mr Berry: Mr Deputy Speaker, I require that the question be put forthwith without debate.
Question resolved in the negative.
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AUSTRALIA
Discussion of Matter of Public Importance
Debate resumed.
MR DE DOMENICO: Let us look again at what Mrs Kelly said. After all, this is the lady who was in Cabinet, who loves Canberra and all that sort of thing. In the Canberra Times of Thursday, 17 August 1989, the banner headline reads, "Kelly says museum a luxury now". The article reads:
Construction of the Museum of Australia had become a luxury rather than a necessity, the Member for Canberra and Minister for Telecommunications and Aviation Support, Ros Kelly, has said.
So much for the credibility of Federal Labor governments and Federal Labor members. This is what Mrs Kelly said:
As much as I would like to see it built, I have to say that in terms of our priorities, the Museum of Australia at the moment has become a luxury rather than a necessity.
I hope that doesn't mean that it's taken off the agenda in future years ... I'll be looking to try to get it back into the agenda as the economy improves.
So much for your comments, Mr Wood, about the credibility of people on this side of the house. I go on. What did Senator McMullan, another representative of the ACT, have to say? The Canberra Times of 20 July 1993 states:
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