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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1998 Week 11 Hansard (10 December) . . Page.. 3498 ..

MR SMYTH (continuing):

Labor would deny them that and put them all at risk, because Labor cannot come up with consistent policy. They have ignored the issues and failed to grasp the reality of what goes on in this world.

It is about time we saw real leadership from the Labor Party on this issue instead of the Labor Party playing petty games. By opposing this Bill, they put at risk the future of everybody in the milk industry. To top it all off, they want to put a few cents on top of the price of milk through a levy, so that we can keep going for four or five years in blissful ignorance. The potential is that on 30 June 2000 blissful ignorance will be worth diddly, because the market will have changed irrevocably and we will not be ready for it. The Government's Bill allows a way forward. It is a sensible proposal. I believe that we should pass it to guarantee vendors certainty of their jobs and their territories. We should pass the Bill to guarantee certainty for Goldenholm Dairy. We should pass it to guarantee certainty for the processing plant. We should pass it to give a clear way forward for the Milk Authority. We should pass it for the wellbeing of all ACT consumers.

Question put:

That this Bill be agreed to in principle.

The Assembly voted -

AYES, 8	 	NOES, 9

Ms Carnell	Mr Berry
Mr Cornwell	Mr Corbell
Mr Hird		Mr Hargreaves
Mr Humphries	Mr Osborne
Mr Kaine	Mr Quinlan
Mr Moore	Mr Rugendyke
Mr Smyth	Mr Stanhope 
Mr Stefaniak	Ms Tucker
		Mr Wood

[COGNATE BILL:

Debate resumed from 8 December 1998, on motion by Mr Moore:

That this Bill be agreed to in principle.

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