Page 3446 - Week 11 - Wednesday, 22 October 2014
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The Assembly voted—
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Ayes 7 |
Noes 8 | ||
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Mr Coe |
Mrs Jones |
Mr Barr |
Ms Gallagher |
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Mr Doszpot |
Mr Smyth |
Ms Berry |
Mr Gentleman |
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Mrs Dunne |
Mr Wall |
Dr Bourke |
Ms Porter |
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Mr Hanson |
Ms Burch |
Mr Rattenbury | |
Question so resolved in the negative.
MADAM SPEAKER: The question now is that the motion be agreed to.
DR BOURKE (Ginninderra) (12.22): I thank my Labor colleagues and Mr Rattenbury for their support for my motion, an important motion which acknowledges the ACT’s ranking as number one in the OECD regional wellbeing report of 2014. It was disappointing that the opposition leader, Mr Hanson, after his opening statement, which I think we can all agree with, that Canberra is a wonderful place to live, launched into a grab bag of unsubstantiated allegations. He cannot even—
Mr Hanson interjecting—
MADAM SPEAKER: Order!
DR BOURKE: He cannot even bring a piece of policy into this place to defend his position. You have to feel sorry for him, Madam Speaker. It is just one cylinder—one cylinder in the entire Canberra Liberals—that is firing today. And it is a cylinder that is just full of whining negativity. He wants to talk about the federal debt, but what did the federal Liberal government do? What is the first thing they did?
Mr Hanson interjecting—
MADAM SPEAKER: Order, Mr Hanson! Dr Bourke has the floor.
Mr Hanson interjecting—
MADAM SPEAKER: I warn you, Mr Hanson.
DR BOURKE: What is the first thing that the federal Liberal government did when they were elected? They increased the debt ceiling to $500 billion, up by $200 billion. They just wanted to spend more. They wanted to borrow more. Not so concerned about the debt were they. What did they do with their budget? They spent to seek to entrench inequality, picking on the most disadvantaged, kicking people in the teeth when they are down and out. And look at what came out in August. There was a 12-year high in the national unemployment rates.
What have we been doing in the ACT? We have been working hard to diversify our economy. There have been recent reports of exports of $1.3 billion—exports in education, government services, health and information technology. This is part of the
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