Page 3960 - Week 13 - Wednesday, 5 December 2007
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MR SPEAKER: Do you have a supplementary question, Mr Mulcahy?
MR MULCAHY: Thanks. Chief Minister, in light of his consistent, derisive treatment of the Canberra community, how does Minister Hargreaves continue to retain your support?
MR STANHOPE: We talk about derisory treatment of the public. I will quote again from Mr Pratt on radio 666 this morning:
There is no need for the government to consult the community because the locals have made their views clear.
Mrs Burke: On Tharwa bridge.
MR STANHOPE: On Tharwa bridge. That was the question I was asked. What a ripper! Thank you, Mr Mulcahy, for the question. I was actually wondering how I was going to get an opportunity to refer to Mr Pratt’s sterling interview on the radio this morning. I do appreciate your giving me the cue. That was one of the dorothies that we actually rejected today. Somebody slipped it under the Liberal Party room door and they actually thought it was from one of them. Did you do that, Mr Gentleman? Did you whip around and slip our question under their door?
Mr Pratt: You did not finish the quote, though, did you, Jon? No context and you did not finish it. Mislead.
MR SPEAKER: Withdraw that.
Mr Pratt: Withdrawn.
MR STANHOPE: Thank you, Mr Mulcahy. I do thank you for the question. Mr Hargreaves has my full confidence. He is doing a sterling job. He will lead the Labor Party in Tuggeranong again next election. He thrashed you last time and he will thrash you again.
Mr Mulcahy: Mr Speaker, pursuant to standing order 213, I move:
That the Chief Minister table the document from which he was quoting.
Question resolved in the negative.
Ministerial performance
MR SESELJA: My question is to the Chief Minister. In 2006, the government made significant cuts to ACTION bus services as a result of changes made in the 2006 budget. In fact, this was widely referred to as the worst network in 30 years. Chief Minister, the government has now had to appropriate $5.5 million to repair some of the damage caused by the changes by Mr Hargreaves in 2006. Given the damage caused by the changes to the timetable in late 2006, do you still have full confidence in Mr Hargreaves as the minister responsible for transport?
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