Page 861 - Week 03 - Wednesday, 27 February 2013
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It is hardly a startling endorsement that would lead one to read Ms Berry’s motion and say, “Jeez, I’m going to vote for that. Yes, they’ve got it right. I can see this; I can just feel this. I feel so much better off because we have had these schemes from the Greens-Labor coalition.” The independent adjudicator, the Commissioner for the Environment, gave you a fail.
At the same time, let us look at all the other things that have gone wrong under the Greens-Labor coalition. Let us look at the state of waterways in the ACT. Let us look at the $62 million bill that the expert panel said would be needed to clean up Lake Burley Griffin. Let us look at the indecision on waterways in Tuggeranong, for instance. I started the urban waterway projects. I know how they work. I have worked with—
Mr Corbell: You did one.
MR SMYTH: Yes, we did one. We did a test and it worked. We started, Mr Corbell. But all of yours have cost monumentally more than was anticipated. The north Watson one: how much extra did that cost?
Mr Corbell: How much have prices escalated over the past decade?
MR SMYTH: I look at you standing up and saying, “How much—
Mr Corbell: How long has it been since you were a minister, Brendan?
MR SMYTH: Well, you followed, Mr Corbell.
MR ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Mr Doszpot): Mr Corbell!
MR SMYTH: What I like, Mr Corbell, is you are just a follower; you are a sheep.
MR ASSISTANT SPEAKER: Mr Smyth!
Mr Corbell: Eleven years? Twelve years since you were a minister?
MR SMYTH: You are a sheep. You are just a sheep, Mr Corbell.
MR ASSISTANT SPEAKER: Mr Smyth, would you sit down for a minute?
MR SMYTH: You are a sheep and you are fleecing the people of the ACT.
Mr Corbell: Eleven or 12 years since you were a minister?
MR ASSISTANT SPEAKER: Mr Corbell, Ms Berry was listened to in silence. I would expect the same respect from you.
MR SMYTH: There is the sheep bleating, bleating. He has reared up now and he is bleating on his feet.
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