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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 5 Hansard (14 May) . . Page.. 1382 ..

MR SPEAKER: Order! We are not going to have a question time like we had yesterday, with constant interjections.

MRS CARNELL: I am very pleased to hear Mr Whitecross say that the National Museum is good news for Canberra, because the National Museum was promised for five years by the Labor Party. I am sure Mr Humphries remembers the picture of Ros Kelly with the hard hat on down at Yarramundi. "We are definitely going ahead with the National Museum", said Ros Kelly.

Mr Berry: Not at Yarralumla.

MRS CARNELL: "At Yarramundi", I said. We Canberrans were promised it year after year, and nothing happened. We now have a commitment from a Federal government to the National Museum. In fact, we now have two governments - the ACT Government and the Federal Government - committed to such projects as the very fast train and making sure that, if possible, we can have an international airport in Canberra, and that we have a National Museum here in Canberra. Mr Speaker, it is those sorts of programs that we need for this city. Programs needed for this city were promised by those opposite. Do you remember the Playhouse, the Cultural Centre and cardio-thoracic surgery? They were promised time and time again.

Mr Corbell: I raise a point of order, Mr Speaker. Mr Whitecross asked the Chief Minister whether or not she was willing to apologise for campaigning for a party that will put 4,000 Canberrans out of work. She has failed to answer the question, and I ask you to direct her to do so.

MR SPEAKER: I do not uphold the point of order.

Mr Corbell: The answer is not relevant to the subject matter of the question.

MR SPEAKER: Yes, it is relevant to the subject matter of the question. I think Mrs Carnell is probably explaining why she does not feel the need to apologise.

MRS CARNELL: Mr Speaker, the Federal budget brought down last night announced $133m for a new National Museum. The Federal Minister, Richard Alston, in his press release, indicated that 200 jobs would be created on the museum project in 1997-98. If Mr Whitecross suggests that we should apologise for the National Museum, then I think that he should apologise for the fact that his mob promised it at least five years in a row and did not ever produce.

Mr Corbell: Your party is tearing the guts out of Canberra.

Mr Humphries: Mr Speaker, I raise a point of order. I can barely hear what the Chief Minister is saying and I am sitting right next to her.

Mr Berry: You will find that a relief. It is not very interesting.

MR SPEAKER: The next person who interjects is going to be warned, and we know what follows that.

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