Page 2786 - Week 09 - Thursday, 27 September 2007
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MR HARGREAVES: Okay. That would not have been otherwise possible under normal government funding arrangements. The installation of these new Adshel shelters will increase the current number of shelters by almost 40 per cent.
Advertising displayed on these shelters will be in accordance with the advertising standards adopted by the Australian Association of National Advertisers. These rules, for example, include the prohibition of advertisements which are political, religious, pornographic—sorry about that, Mr Seselja—false or misleading and those which depict products or activities contrary to public health. There will be no cigarette ads—sorry again, Mr Seselja.
This project will significantly enhance our public transport infrastructure. I would not mind if those members who have been bagging this particular deal, and I do not mean Mrs Dunne because she has been encouraging us for a long time—
Mr Seselja: I was encouraging you with your buses; remember?
MR HARGREAVES: I am sorry. According to these standards, I cannot put your picture on one of our bus shelters. We cannot have false or misleading items on them. We cannot advertise products or activities which are contrary to public health. Sorry about the picture.
Mrs Burke: So that rules you out as well.
MR HARGREAVES: No, sorry. I would like to hear from those members opposite who have seen the shelters to come and tell me what is a bad idea about them? They are great. They are clear. They are lit.
Mr Seselja: I do not know who you are fighting about this.
MR HARGREAVES: I would like to see you jump up and congratulate us on it. I just want to see it.
MR SPEAKER: Order, Mr Hargreaves! Direct your comments through the chair.
MR GENTLEMAN: My supplementary question is: is the minister aware of any other alternative proposals for the provision of bus shelters within the city?
MR HARGREAVES: Thank you very much, Mr Speaker. The essence of this question is whether I am aware of any other alternative proposals for the provision of bus shelters in the city.
Members interjecting—
MR SPEAKER: Order, Mr Seselja, and Mr Barr as well, please. The conversation does not help Mr Hargreaves’s presentation through the chair.
MR HARGREAVES: Mr Speaker, I went looking for alternative proposals to make myself aware of any which may exist. Now, you would expect, would you not, that in
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