Page 3653 - Week 13 - Tuesday, 16 October 1990
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1989, according to the records that I have been provided with which go back to June 1985. By June 1990 the figure had jumped to 1,384.
Mr Kaine: Give us the figures for 5 December.
MR BERRY: They are your figures. I asked for the figures. These are the figures that were provided. What are the figures now? Who knows? Of course they have gone through the roof.
Mr Kaine: He does not cheat. He is very selective with his information.
MR BERRY: Mr Speaker, I am not selective with my figures. I just selected the figures that the Government gave me.
The fact of the matter is that there is chaos in the health system. This Government's management of the health system is a disaster. It will be proved to impact heavily on the poor and those who cannot afford the expensive private hospital service that this Government intends to impose on the people of the ACT. It does not care about those people because they do not vote for it. They are not the middle class yuppies who the Residents Rally think will vote for them again because - - -
Mr Moore: Well, one per cent.
MR BERRY: The one per cent man.
Mr Collaery: What an insult! You just insulted a proportion of the electorate, a good proportion, an increasing proportion.
MR BERRY: Has it gone up from one per cent? The fact of the matter is that there will be fewer services under this Government and it is a great disgrace.
Debate (on motion by Mrs Nolan) adjourned.
ADJOURNMENT
Motion (by Mr Collaery) proposed:
That the Assembly do now adjourn.
60 Minutes Program
DR KINLOCH (4.34): Mr Speaker, earlier today the subject of a television program came up - the program 60 Minutes in which the main reporter was Richard Carleton. I have known Richard Carleton for a long time. I have been a reporter and commentator on the ABC. This year is my thirtieth
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