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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000 Week 3 Hansard (9 March) . . Page.. 869 ..

MR SPEAKER: It is not. It is about the ACTEW/AGL Partnership Facilitation

Bill 2000.

MR BERRY: No. This Bill is the mechanism for the implementation of a motion which was passed earlier in this place, in case you had not noticed.

Mr Moore: And now he is reflecting on a vote of the Assembly.

MR SPEAKER: Yes, that is true. Please be careful

MR BERRY: No, I am not. I just mentioned it. Is that a reflection?

MR SPEAKER: Just remain relevant to the matter before the house, please, Mr Berry.

MR BERRY: That gave this mob opposite the trust. This Bill gives them the mechanism. Why would you trust these people to do anything, given their appalling performances in the past when trusted to do anything? Mr Speaker, we will oppose this appalling piece of legislation, because it sets out to dispose of the community's assets. It puts in the hands of the people opposite a trust that they do not deserve.

Let us not forget that it was not that long ago when 100,000 were on the banks of the lake trusting Mrs Carnell, Mr Humphries and Mr Stefaniak to keep them safe, and one of them was struck down.

Mr Smyth: I take a point of order, Mr Speaker.

MR SPEAKER: Relevance, thank you, Mr Berry!

MR BERRY: We are the people who will have to rely on the Government to deliver the goods with this piece of legislation. We mistakenly relied on the Government in relation to the Bruce Stadium, and look where that got us.

MR SPEAKER: Relevance, Mr Berry!

MR BERRY: Mr Speaker, it is about form and performance. Surely that can be mentioned against the background of this legislation and the expectations we have that the Government will deliver a positive outcome for the Territory. You cannot have expectations that they will deliver anything positive when you look at things like Bruce Stadium, the hospital implosion, the futsal slab, the Kingston/Acton land swap deal and the way they have managed the International Hotel School since the day the school took its first students. They have driven it deeper and deeper - - -

MR SPEAKER: Order! You are now moving away from relevance.

MR BERRY: And there is the Hall/Kinlyside debacle. These are what you have to have in the background to make judgments about these issues. If you do not mention them, you do not have any history of judgment.

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