Page 3882 - Week 12 - Thursday, 23 November 2006
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and ensure that complex and technical concepts are relayed in uncomplicated, clear language.
Maybe he got that one half right, because he said, “No, it is gone; don’t want to listen; totally closed; predetermined.” The document goes on:
Collaborative and cooperative process …
Now this is a beauty. This is the No 5 guiding principle from John Hargreaves, Department of Territory and Municipal Services:
Accept that agreement cannot always be reached and work with disagreements to achieve a consensus wherever possible, using respectful listening, understanding and negotiation processes.
Well, he fails on that one. He didn’t try any of those; it must have been too hard. Then we get to No 6:
Avoid duplication … avoid over-consultation …
Maybe they passed that one, because they had no consultation at all. The last principle states:
Value contributions of all. Enhance democratic processes and value diversity in the community as an asset that provides a balance of different perspectives and strengths with respect for all human differences.
What did we do? We just said no. We trampled on them; we crushed a community. We said, “We don’t care what you want.” And it is there; Mr Hargreaves said, “I know they’re going to say no, so I can’t be bothered”. It is for these reasons: set clear and reasonable time frames, failed; shared learning and obligations, failed; continuous improvement, failed; simplicity, accessibility and openness, failed; collaborative and cooperative process, failed; and avoid duplication, failed.
Government members interjecting—
Mr Mulcahy: I raise a point of order, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. I understand it is disorderly for a member to interject from a standing position in the chamber.
MADAM TEMPORARY DEPUTY SPEAKER (Mrs Dunne): You have a good point. It is also disorderly, Mr Mulcahy, for a member to interject at the best of times.
MR SMYTH: Finally: value contributions of all, failed. So there it is, he failed on all seven accounts. Failure. Mr Hargreaves, as the minister for libraries, is a failure.
Mr Hargreaves: I raise a point of order, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker.
MADAM TEMPORARY DEPUTY SPEAKER: Point of order, Mr Hargreaves?
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