Page 102 - Week 02 - Wednesday, 24 May 1989
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confuse the legitimate rights of the criminal with the legitimate rights of the vast majority of law-abiding citizens.
I note also in the Chief Minister's speech commendable aims in relation to what she calls social justice. These indeed have to be attended to, and again it is a matter of priority. I would remind the Government of the famous words of Abraham Lincoln: "The government should not do to people what they can and should do for themselves".
I feel that with our rather limited budget this is particularly important. We will have to be very careful how we spend it. The point is that, whichever government is in power in this Assembly, it will always have a hard battle with the Commonwealth to ensure that adequate funds are provided to the Territory and that the Commonwealth pays its fair share in maintaining this lovely city of ours. I have already commended the Chief Minister for her efforts at the Premiers Conference in that regard.
Mr Speaker, I would like to thank my family and friends who helped me in the recent election campaign. I mention specifically a few people. First, there is my old mate, Dave Griffin, whom I first met when I was a kitchen man at the Tidbinbilla tracking station and he was a cook. He has helped me in the last two campaigns. He is an ex-Labor man from Broken Hill who saw the light and became a Liberal a few years ago. He helped me both in the Senate campaign and in the recent campaign for the Assembly. Also, I thank particularly John Sissons and David Hyauiason, and my old friends and legal colleagues, Charlie Giles and Shane Madden.
Finally, Mr Speaker, we here in Canberra have a beautiful city. We all need to work hard to ensure it remains so and continues to develop as one of the best places in which to live in Australia.
Debate interrupted.
Sitting suspended from 12.26 pm to 2.30 pm.
QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE.
PREMIERS CONFERENCE
MR KAINE: Yesterday I asked a question of the Chief Minister and Treasurer in connection with the Premiers Conference and she said that she would answer it in a later statement. In fact, my question was not answered. So I would like again to address a question to the Chief Minister and Treasurer in connection with the $22.7m set aside by the Commonwealth in a trust fund and ask again just what the conditions are under which that money will be made available.
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