Page 1879 - Week 09 - Thursday, 19 October 1989
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On home ownership, the Rally, apparently like the Liberal Party, agrees with the establishment of a rental bond trust. We have some differences on how we would like to see the scheme administered. We believe that the trust should be administered in particular ways and we will be communicating our views after full consultations with the Real Estate Institute and other parties who have already contacted us. But essentially the initiative is sound; it is the execution that in practical terms we would like to look into further.
The mortgage relief measures, of course, are a drop in the ocean of the current distress in the community. Nevertheless, one should not be churlish about the attempts to provide relief in that area. Real reforms lie with the Federal Treasury.
We have some reservations about a lack of commitment to a more adventurous approach to public housing, and that should be really related to the progressive equity participation scheme that I mentioned earlier. We believe it is time for the trust to venture out a little bit on those issues.
I was pleased in recent times to receive full consultation with and cooperation from both the Minister responsible in this portfolio area and the members of her administration, particularly Mr Horsham. I believe in a hands-on approach to some of the issues confronting the Assembly, because we are not a remote parliament, and I have had the advantage of looking at places, both under my own steam and accompanied by the Minister's officials. There are views and ideas on which we can pool our common objective in ensuring that there is a spectrum solution to the options facing the community in the housing area.
The context in which the Assembly approaches this subject will determine, I am sure, the response that the public servants give to their initiation of the policy areas, and the Rally endorses broadly the initiatives brought forward by this Minister and her officials.
Debate adjourned.
Sitting suspended from 12.22 to 2.30 pm
QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
Assembly Budget
MR HUMPHRIES: Mr Speaker, my question is directed to you. I refer to the answer the Chief Minister gave yesterday to a question relating to the setting of the Assembly's budget. You will recall the Chief Minister denied sole responsibility for determining the Assembly's final budget. I ask: is it not a fact that you made bids to the
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