Page 3869 - Week 13 - Thursday, 18 October 1990
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In this Government's short life it has produced its paper on the greenhouse problem, strategy on the environment and budget on the environment. We have committed considerable resources this year, as the first of many years, to the protection of our environment. I will not go into all of those. My three Ministers have outlined the things we have committed ourselves to in our own areas of responsibility, and I do not think I need to restate those. There is no doubt, Mr Speaker, that the budget reinforces this Government's commitment to long-term environmental management. Mr Duby mentioned that in one respect we have committed ourselves to a 10-year plan, not just one year. We are thinking in terms of the future, not only in terms of this year.
I think the facts speak for themselves, Mr Speaker. We have made our case. We are getting on with it. You can listen to the empty rhetoric of the members opposite. They did nothing, and they will do nothing but talk about it. We have put our money where our mouths are.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
ADJOURNMENT
Motion (by Mr Collaery) proposed:
That the Assembly do now adjourn.
Chief Minister
MR BERRY (5.06): Mr Speaker, today we have seen, I think, one of the best examples of the extent to which the great cover-up can be taken to frightening proportions by the Government and, in particular, the Chief Minister.
Mr Moore: Who is now departing.
MR BERRY: Of course, he would take off because this is going to challenge his leadership of the Government. The great cover-up has permeated the entire culture of the Government, and I think we have proven that in relation to the costing of the hospitals redevelopment issue and the way in which it has gone about the closure of schools in the ACT. But that is not the issue on which I rise to speak; that will be aired frequently in time, and the community is aware of the Government's position. It knows that it is a government of duplicity, and it was born out of duplicity because of the double deal that was done on the electorate by members who now form part of this Government.
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