Page 2621 - Week 12 - Thursday, 16 November 1989
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MR BERRY: It was a genuine comment, Mr Collaery. Mr Speaker, one other issue that was raised by the Residents Rally was that of higher fees in the tertiary area. I think one of the most important things that it did not oppose is that this is an up-front payment for students, and it will affect a whole lot of students in the ACT because it has to be paid up-front. It will affect particularly women and the disadvantaged, whom the Residents Rally does not seem to represent, certainly in the way in which it approaches these higher fee issues.
Mr Collaery: But your proposal is $1,882.
MR BERRY: It is an up-front payment; it has to be paid before you start training, and that was not mentioned.
Mr Jensen: I had to pay last year, Wayne, before I started.
MR BERRY: I do not know what you wasted your money on.
Mr Collaery: Labor's fees will rise to $1,882 - - -
MR SPEAKER: Order! Please address your statements through the Chair, Mr Collaery. Mr Berry, please proceed.
MR BERRY: I turn to the Liberal Party. One of the most interesting parts about the three speeches from the Liberal Party members was that they did not focus on the effects on the ACT. That was the entire focus of the speech that I gave.
Mr Kaine: Well, you did not read the action plan. I will have to give you a copy of my speech as well.
MR BERRY: They are getting edgy again. It is all coming out in the open. One of the major things that has not been mentioned so far is the attitude of the president of the Liberal Party: take it from the bludgers and give it to the workers.
Mr Kaine: Jim Leedman never said that.
Mr Humphries: No, that is right. Jim is a good man. He never said it.
MR BERRY: I know, but the Federal people have. Their attitude is: take it from the bludgers and give it to the workers. In effect, it means that it is an attack on ordinary working people and people in the weakest position in the community. I did not hear the Residents Rally members rise to defend those people who will be affected by that.
Mr Collaery: We did. I spoke about the workers several times.
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