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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 9 Hansard (3 September) . . Page.. 2864 ..

MRS CARNELL: Madam Deputy Speaker, that is not a point of order.

Mr Whitecross: It was a suggestion that all members of the Liberal Party were untrustworthy. Mr Kaine got up and took a point of order that he did not think that he was untrustworthy and that Mr Osborne should withdraw it. Mr Speaker asked him to withdraw it. Madam Deputy Speaker, I certainly take umbrage at the remarks Mrs Carnell made, and I ask her to withdraw them.

MADAM DEPUTY SPEAKER: Thank you. That was my comment. That is what I intended Mr Corbell to do. Mrs Carnell, did you mean your remarks specifically about Mr Whitecross, in which case I ask you to withdraw?

MRS CARNELL: No, I did not mean them specifically about Mr Whitecross. I meant them about the whole Labor Party, so I was not being in any way specific in my comments, Madam Deputy Speaker.

Mr Whitecross: I am still offended.

MADAM DEPUTY SPEAKER: I will take up the issue with the Speaker. I believe he should revisit that issue.

MRS CARNELL: Fine. I think you will find that previous rulings made by you would be in line with the approach I have taken.

Madam Deputy Speaker, we believe strongly that marketing Canberra is a very important part of this whole budget approach. Those opposite should be willing to give this a fair go. In the next month or two, when our branding exercise is launched, when the approach that we are going to take with the private sector becomes more obvious, I am confident that they, too, will understand that this was a very good initiative. I am hopeful that those opposite will accept that this is a good approach. I will stay hopeful, Madam Deputy Speaker.

MR KAINE (Minister for Urban Services and Minister for Tourism) (5.10): Madam Deputy Speaker, this motion seems to me to be one born out of political immaturity. It exemplifies an opposition struggling to understand that - - -

Mr Corbell: I know you are jealous, Trevor, but you will just have to deal with it.

Mr Whitecross: The old man's speech, again. He has only one speech. It is the old man's speech.

MR KAINE: Wait until I get to the hard hitting bit further down and you will not say so. Madam Deputy Speaker, it exemplifies an opposition that is simply struggling to understand key Government initiatives designed to market Canberra and create well-needed jobs. The new directions Labor Party claims that it is on about jobs, but it really is not.

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