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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 3 Hansard (9 April) . . Page.. 833 ..

ADJOURNMENT

Motion (by Mr Humphries) proposed:

That the Assembly do now adjourn.

Youth Haven

MRS LITTLEWOOD (6.10): Mr Speaker, I want to mention that last Friday I had the honour to open the day program for Galilee, which takes place out at Youth Haven in Tuggeranong. I would like to recommend the program to all members of the Assembly. Whether it be in your electorate or not, I urge you to go out and see what is happening out there. They are doing a great job for young people, and it just shows what can happen when people are cooperative.

Public Service - Separations

MR HIRD (6.10): Mr Speaker, the Labor Opposition has attempted to make political mileage out of the fact that Mr John Flutter has elected to leave his post as head of ACTION to pursue another career path. You might have seen the ravings of our colleague Mr Berry in today's Canberra Times under the heading "ACTION head quits, ACT PS too politicised". Once again, Mr Berry and his ALP colleagues have short memories. No-one has been as guilty of politicising the Public Service as the Labor Party. Yes, put your hands over your eyes. I know it aches.

Could I just take a moment to refresh their memories about what happened to Public Service senior executives with the helping hand of the Follett Government? We can go right back to September 1991, when we saw the demise of Graeme Haycraft, the CEO of the tourism authority. Let us not forget a fellow named Keith Lyon. Do not forget him.

Mr Stefaniak: I remember him, yes.

MR HIRD: Yes, remember him, Mr Stefaniak. The first hatchet, Ta-Ta Keith. They called him Ta-Ta Keith. He was followed in the same month by the Chief Planner - guess who? - Geoffrey Campbell. Then there was the Auditor-General, Jim O'Neill, who suddenly disappeared. Another one was Eric Willmot, Secretary to the Education Department, who departed in March 1992, closely followed by Richard Madden, head of the Treasury, one month later. The list goes on and on, Mr Speaker: Michael Sinclair,

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