Page 2438 - Week 08 - Wednesday, 13 August 2014
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Mr Barr: Boba Fett?
MR HANSON: Well, I don’t know. The original death star had Jon Stanhope as Darth Vader. I suppose that makes you Luke, does it?
MADAM DEPUTY SPEAKER: Mr Hanson, I know that the budget week is getting to us, but could we get on with the motion, please.
MR HANSON: Yes, Madam Deputy Speaker, I will come back to the issue.
Mr Smyth: Well, you didn’t call the minister to order.
MR HANSON: That is true, Madam Deputy Speaker. But ewoks get away with a lot, don’t they. It is interesting that the Property Council has been mentioned on this issue, because this matter was raised and discussed when the Property Council appeared before the estimates committee. Mr Tony Hedley, a well-known and well-regarded member of the Property Council board represented the Property Council at the estimates hearing, and he said:
… as I said, the big monster office block which was going to be here, which would have significantly exacerbated vacancy rates in the territory.
That is an extract of his statement. The government can come in here and say that the Property Council love it. But when Tony Hedley representing the Property Council appeared before the estimates committee, he described it as the big monster office block and then said it would significantly exacerbate vacancy rates in the territory. I am not sure who Mr Barr is talking to at the Property Council, but if he—
Mr Barr: Catherine Carter.
MR HANSON: Catherine Carter? Well, perhaps we need to make sure—
Mr Barr: She has issued a statement on behalf of the Property Council.
MR HANSON: Brilliant.
MADAM DEPUTY SPEAKER: This is not a conversation, Mr Barr.
MR HANSON: The Property Council member representing the Property Council described it as the big monster office block. So we might describe it as the death star, but Mr Hedley described it as the big monster office building that is going to exacerbate vacancy rates in this town.
There will be a variety of views on this matter. But I remind Mr Rattenbury that he and his party went skipping along with death star I. They thought that was a good proposal too. They all thought, “This’ll be great. We’ll support the government. This seems like a lovely proposal.” And like so many things the Greens do, they go in cahoots and run along with the government, but then when the truth comes out and the government goes, “Well, we’re folding it,” they then reinvent themselves. They are very good at that.
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