Page 1487 - Week 05 - Wednesday, 14 May 2014
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MADAM ASSISTANT SPEAKER: If you could stop speaking while I am speaking, I would appreciate it. Thank you. The commonly accepted practice here in the chamber is to refer to people by their correct title.
MR CORBELL: Madam Assistant Speaker—
Mr Gentleman: Point of order.
MADAM ASSISTANT SPEAKER: Do you have a point of order, Mr Gentleman?
Mr Gentleman: I do. On your ruling on the point of order, Madam Assistant Speaker, it is common practice here that we do refer to people by their name. In debate, I hear quite often the opposition members refer to the Chief Minister as Katy Gallagher and to Andrew Barr as Andrew Barr rather than Treasurer or deputy. I think it is common practice.
MADAM ASSISTANT SPEAKER: Thank you, Mr Gentleman. I have heard that, too, and I have heard whoever is in the Speaker’s chair at that time continue to ask those members to refer to people by their correct titles.
MR CORBELL: Thank you, Madam Assistant Speaker. It is the Tony Abbott Liberals. That is who they are, Madam Assistant Speaker. Madam Assistant Speaker, there is nothing in the standing orders that requires me to refer to Tony Abbott as the Prime Minister. I am referring to him by his name, and I am allowed to do so.
It is the Tony Abbott Liberals that are causing this harm and impact on our community. This government has a plan to do everything it can to assist our community. That is why we are bringing forward the large and significant projects that we believe are important for the future development and growth of our city—projects like city to the lake; projects like capital metro; projects in the health sector, the health infrastructure projects. All of these will create jobs and help to support our economy at this time. These are important investments for the future growth and development of our city, and you will be hearing this government talk more and more about the importance of these projects and our support for them. Of course, there is no support from those opposite for these projects that will help our city at this time. (Time expired.)
MR GENTLEMAN (Brindabella) (3.56): I rise today to talk about the ACT-based implications of last night’s budget, but I firstly want to touch on Mr Hanson’s view of Kate Carnell’s call to support Canberra. I was really interested in that because last night Kate Carnell said that this is a budget that delivers short-term pain for all of us, including short-term pain for businesses, but “it is a budget that we had to have.” I do not think there will be any cigar for the reproduction of that line, Madam Assistant Speaker.
We have already heard that this budget is a wrecking ball aimed at the people of the ACT and the ACT economy. With over 8,000 jobs lost for the public service through this budget, we can be assured that the federal government will continue to show a
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