Page 1081 - Week 04 - Wednesday, 20 April 1994
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We will repeat ourselves time and time again between now and the election. The Liberal Party stands where sensible people meet, where commonsense prevails, not political ideology. Mr Connolly can expect our support; but if he tries to play politics with public health, as Mr Berry did, he will not have our support and he will be deservingly judged by the public accordingly.
Let us make no bones about it now, Madam Speaker. There are problems in our health system; there are problems in every health system in every State and Territory. Mr Connolly - even with his sensible approach to health, in comparison with that of his predecessor - is on trial. He must demonstrate the political will and the know-how to make sure that the health system is run for the benefit of the people of the ACT and not for the ideological benefit of a few members of the Labor Party.
MADAM SPEAKER: The discussion has concluded.
COUNCIL FOR ABORIGINAL RECONCILIATION
MS FOLLETT (Chief Minister and Treasurer) (4.25): Madam Speaker, I draw to members' attention the presence in the gallery of members of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advisory Council, and I welcome them to the Assembly. Madam Speaker, I move:
That this Assembly:
(1) notes that in 1991 the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia unanimously enacted the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation Act 1991 (Commonwealth) to promote a process of reconciliation between indigenous and wider Australian communities;
(2) supports the concept of constructive reconciliation between the indigenous and wider Australian communities; and
(3) acknowledges this support, and adopts the Vision of the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation, namely:
"A united Australia which respects this land of ours; values the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage; and provides justice and equity for all",
as a vision shared by this Assembly.
Madam Speaker, 1993, which was the International Year of the World's Indigenous Peoples, highlighted the fact that Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islanders do have a special place in our community. That year also highlighted yet again the fact that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in our community have some very special needs. One of those needs, Madam Speaker, which has been pointed to over and over
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