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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2004 Week 05 Hansard (Friday, 14 May 2004) . . Page.. 2047 ..

Importantly, those in the community tell me they would much rather the $6 million or so appropriated for the board over three years went into hard service delivery outcomes. I have not heard your response yet. I also suggest that the minister might like to talk to his counterparts in South Australia, who have mentioned to me that their community inclusion board, on which the ACT board is based, has been a monumental failure over the last two years.

There have been some nice photos in the local paper and a lot of chat, but that has done little or nothing to improve homelessness. The drug situation is still spiralling out of control and families are falling apart, and for that they are paying $9 million a year. That is what we are going to do in the ACT: waste the same $9 million over four years. Brilliant.

I will spare Messrs Quinlan and Corbell further embarrassment regarding Phillip Oval. I think enough has been said on that.

Mr Quinlan: Go ahead. Tell us what you think. Give us the benefit of your knowledge.

MRS BURKE: I will. I think enough has been said on this to alert us to the fact that the process regarding the transfer, or surrender, of the lease for a football park in Phillip—

MR SPEAKER: Order, members!

Mr Pratt: Mr Speaker, I rise on a point of order. Under standing order 39, the interjections are getting beyond a joke.

MR SPEAKER: Fair point.

Mr Quinlan: So is her speech.

Mr Pratt: What are you trying to do? Collapse her from speaking?

MRS BURKE: No, they wouldn’t do that in a month of Sundays.

MR SPEAKER: Fair point of order.

Mr Quinlan: I am encouraging it. Give us the benefit of your deep thought.

MR SPEAKER: Order, Mr Quinlan!

MRS BURKE: You might learn something, Mr Quinlan.

MR SPEAKER: Mrs Burke, direct your comments through the chair and members will cease interjecting.

MRS BURKE: Apologies, Mr Speaker, and thank you for your ruling. I think enough has been said on this to alert us to the fact that the process regarding the transfer, or surrender, of the lease of the football park at Phillip has left much to be desired. We can

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