Page 2991 - Week 10 - Tuesday, 14 September 1993
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MRS CARNELL: I have a supplementary question. Could the Minister please tell the Assembly how much more a hospice on the Acton site will cost than a hospice adjacent to Calvary Hospital, in recurrent terms?
MR BERRY: We have allowed $3m to build the hospice at Acton.
Mrs Carnell: That is capital. I asked about recurrent.
MR BERRY: I have said in this place before that we can expect that in the early stages of the use of that hospice the recurrent costs would be slightly higher, but as more health facilities go on that site they will - - -
Mrs Carnell: When will the health facilities happen?
Mr Humphries: How much higher?
MR BERRY: The position will improve. Be patient and ask one question at a time. You will get one answer at a time. In relation to the hospice, I have said over and over again that, if you want to undo the provision of a valued service to the community, behave like the Liberals. They are just spoilers and wreckers. They want to create the impression that there is something - - -
Mr Humphries: That is Keating's line. Take lessons from Paul Keating. God, he is desperate!
MR BERRY: And it is a good one because it relates to the Liberals. There is nothing different; they are out of the same mould. We intend to continue with our commitment. The community expects us to continue with our commitment to provide them with first-class facilities. We are not going down the path, as is suggested by Mrs Carnell, of some second-class hospice. We are going to provide a first-class facility which is much needed by the community and which has been endorsed by many people. We are not going to politicise it any longer; we are just going to get on with it and ignore the Liberals.
ACTTAB Board
MR LAMONT: My question is also directed to the Deputy Chief Minister but in his capacity as Minister for Sport. The opposition spokesman on sport recently claimed on ABC radio that the ACT racing industry, which provides over 80 per cent of the turnover to the TAB, is without any representation on the ACTTAB board. Is this true?
MR BERRY: It is not the first time that the Opposition has said something that is untrue, and Mr De Domenico is very good at it. He is very good at saying things that are untrue. I recently appointed the new ACTTAB board. All members are appointed consistent with the requirements of the Betting (Totalizator Administration) Act, which specifies that board members should have appropriate qualifications and experience having regard to the functions of the board. Between them, all of them, they provide a good blend of knowledge and experience in all three racing codes. You would know that Mr Phillip Neck has had a long association with the horse and bloodstock industry. He provides a significant representation.
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