Page 1428 - Week 05 - Wednesday, 10 April 2013
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Having read the article, she is pretty clearly opposed to that Griffin legacy work and opposed to the proposals that have been put forward. He presented her as the key person to quote in relation to this matter. He then went on to laud the work that was done. Yet your key advocate opposes the work that you think is terrific. So which side of the debate are you on, Mr Smyth? Do you believe the NCA work was good?
MADAM SPEAKER: Mr Barr could you address the chair and not Mr Smyth.
MR BARR: Madam Speaker, the question that Mr Smyth will need to answer in due course, and so will Mr Hanson and the Liberal Party, is: do they support this work or not? Do they support this vision or not? Do they want to see this come to fruition? If so, I think there is a constructive role the opposition can play. Or they can choose to sit and snipe on the sidelines and walk both sides of the street. That is what we just saw from Brendan Smyth. It was a case of trotting out someone in support of his argument—
Mr Smyth interjecting—
MADAM SPEAKER: Mr Smyth!
Mr Smyth interjecting—
MADAM SPEAKER: Mr Smyth! Mr Smyth, you were heard in silence.
MR BARR: who was opposed to the key elements that you then said should have happened earlier. So Jenny Stewart is not a supporter of the things that you say you support.
MADAM SPEAKER: Address the chair, please, Mr Barr.
MR BARR: Madam Speaker—
Mr Smyth interjecting—
MADAM SPEAKER: Mr Smyth, would you be quiet, please. You were heard in silence.
MR SMYTH: I am sorry, Madam Speaker, but you know he argues when he has got nothing of substance.
MADAM SPEAKER: Mr Smyth! Mr Smyth, no time for comeback. I asked you to be quiet.
MR BARR: Thank you, Madam Speaker. So that little Mr Smyth contribution aside, I think it is worth acknowledging the journey that our city has taken in its first 100 years and I acknowledge and put on the public record that we are one of the world’s great planned capitals, that we have evolved to develop a unique identity with
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