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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1996 Week 14 Hansard (10 December) . . Page.. 4632 ..

Mrs Carnell: What did you say about our Governing Canberra document? You threw that out as well.

MR MOORE: You may recall my comment when you began talking about council-style government, Chief Minister. Because I knew what you really meant by it, I said, "Who cares whether I am a MLA or a MLC, a member of the Legislative Assembly or a member of the Legislative Council? If you are a member of a legislative council in Australia, you get `Honourable' in front of your name". It seemed to me that that was the pitch you really had in mind; but you put on it the spin that you were going to provide a local council, which was never for one minute your intention, and never would be. No matter how you dress it up, it is obvious to anybody who looks at this Assembly and at the way you act that that was never your intention.

A genuine strategic plan requires proper participation. People should take their copy of Canberra: A Capital Future and cross out "ACT Strategic Plan". Let us leave it as Canberra: A Capital Future, a bit of Liberal Party ideology with some ideas for the future. There are some good ideas in it, but it is not a strategic plan and it ought not to be dressed up as one.

MS HORODNY (4.25): Like other non-Liberal Party members in this Assembly, I am very disappointed with this document. This document is not a strategic plan, and there is no hope of it being a strategic plan in the form that it is in. When I came to this Assembly, and even before that time, I heard from all quarters of the community that we needed a strategic plan. I believe that we in the ACT very desperately need a strategic plan. I have been vocal about such a need of the ACT. A real strategic plan would look at where Canberrans want to be. This document does not do that.

Mrs Carnell has talked about consultation. She has talked about two meetings where there were 200 people. Are you really proud of a meeting of 200 people for a document that is supposed to be the most important document that has come out of this Government? I personally think that is pathetic. Mrs Carnell, with all the resources that you have, I would have thought that as one of the first things you did you would have hired a consultant or done some research to investigate how to consult.

Mrs Carnell: We did.

Ms McRae: Mr Speaker, I raise a point of order. I have never heard Ms Horodny interrupt anyone. Perhaps a bit of order would be in order.

MR SPEAKER: I uphold the point of order.

MS HORODNY: Thank you, Ms McRae. Mrs Carnell, if there is such a consultancy report, I would ask you to table that document here. There is no evidence in this strategic plan of any sort of work that went into - - -

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