Page 632 - Week 02 - Thursday, 14 February 2013
Next page . . . . Previous page . . . . Speeches . . . . Contents . . . . Debates(HTML) . . . . PDF . . . . Video
focused on continually delivering to the ACT community the best health service in Australia, the best education system, the strictest emission targets and environmental outcomes, the best local services and excellent infrastructure.
We are focused on our commitment to growing and diversifying our economy and protecting jobs. Of course, we are committed to an ongoing dialogue and cooperation with the region and our cross-border work, as we heard from the Chief Minister today, with very real evidence of the benefits of this cooperation, especially in the health system, which she gave an example of.
I, as a member for Ginninderra, am fully committed to making sure I do my part to ensure that this government delivers on its commitments. I will also continue to be committed to my role as a local member for Ginninderra and continue to make myself available and accessible to my constituents as a representative of the Labor government and will represent the concerns and aspirations of my electorate. The next four years will be an exciting time for Canberra as these commitments are rolled out.
The ACT Labor government has a clear vision for the future and great ideas about what is needed to ensure Canberra continues to be a vibrant, active and liveable city. I am proud and honoured to be a member of the Labor government and play my part in the ongoing delivery of these commitments to the ACT as we go forward.
MR WALL (Brindabella) (4:02): I am very pleased that Ms Porter has raised this matter of public importance here today. I find it very apt that Ms Porter is raising this matter as she has been part of three Labor-led governments that have failed to deliver on so many commitments made to the ACT community. In fact, there are a number of members of the government who have been here a while. A lot has been promised by many Labor members who sit in this place today, but very little has been delivered. Most of what has been delivered has been delivered very late and very over budget.
We come into this Assembly with a different paradigm. This time, the people of the ACT delivered a strong message to the left-wing political parties here in the ACT. ACT Labor and their sole remaining ACT Greens colleague are in government only by a whisker. Ms Gallagher and her colleagues, including Mr Rattenbury, know this and know that they have much work to do over the next four years to improve their record.
The importance of delivering on the government’s commitments to the ACT community over the next four years—where do we start? Twelve years of Labor governance provide us with a dearth of material and, while there is no time today to canvass every single promise not delivered, it is important to focus on some very major failures.
As leaders, neither Ms Gallagher nor Mr Stanhope has come up with anything quite as spectacular as their compatriot Ms “there will be no carbon tax under the government I lead” Gillard. They have on occasion, though, made some very public commitments that have been outrageous untruths. Ms Gallagher said just prior to the 2004 election that the government would not be closing schools, yet once elected that promise was broken. Just months after the election, 23 schools were closed and not an ounce of remorse was displayed.
Next page . . . . Previous page . . . . Speeches . . . . Contents . . . . Debates(HTML) . . . . PDF . . . . Video