Page 956 - Week 06 - Wednesday, 26 July 1989
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Mr Whalan, shown in the cartoon as a shark, wants to come over here and snap at me. We have not yet identified the sort of shark it is. We believe it is a Port Jackson shark or some sort of shark, but we will talk about the hammerhead, a Rex Jackson, I do not know. But, the fact is that the Assembly has the responsibility and the duty "as soon as practicable to make laws providing for..." That is a duty on every member in this Assembly. It is not a little responsibility for our development Minister across from me, the man hostage to the development lobby at the moment. It is a responsibility on us. The fact is that shortly we are to have a proposal put to this Assembly that there be very few sittings until the middle of October.
The Rally is very concerned about this situation. As my colleague Mr Jensen said, and as no doubt my colleague Mr Moore will show in his historical oversight that will shame many people, members will know when they pick up the daily paper, with increasing rapidity, especially on Saturdays and on school holidays, as we have all seen in community groups over the years, that tender proposals and draft variation plans are publicised on the sly before we get changes to the Territory plan made through proper legal proceedings. The ITPA is now proceeding by stealth to give its signature to that which Mr Whalan will permit.
Ms Follett: Mr Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I think it is improper for speakers to cast slurs on organisations such as the ITPA and also on statutory office holders, who were mentioned earlier, who are not here to defend themselves. It is just more slur and more innuendo that I think are quite inappropriate.
MR SPEAKER: Thank you, Chief Minister. I would warn Mr Collaery that I also took objection to his statement that the Deputy Chief Minister is hostage to the development lobby. I would ask him to withdraw that remark, and to please be aware that he is again causing an area of dissension within the Assembly that probably is not constructive.
MR COLLAERY: Mr Speaker, as you have instructed, I withdraw the suggestion that Mr Whalan is a hostage to the development lobby. I also promise that, if we are to have the most model, polite Assembly in Australia, I will contribute to that as well.
MR SPEAKER: That is desirable; thank you, Mr Collaery.
MR COLLAERY: Mr Speaker, on 14 June 1989 my colleague Mr Jensen asked the ACT Administration - the appropriate area of the Administration under the Freedom of Information Act - for access to documentation concerning, amongst other things, the Yarralumla Brickworks, the section 75
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