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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 6 Hansard (18 June) . . Page.. 1729 ..

MR MOORE (11.46): I rise to address the motion and all the amendments that have been put on it. It was interesting that Mr Kaine said that this was a question of the pot calling the kettle black. I chuckled to myself and thought that some of us have to choose between the pot and the kettle. In this case, if I can refer to Mr Kaine as the kettle, even though sometimes he does go a little potty, I know that he would reject the pot side of things, given the opportunity, and would be able to handle the kettle so much better and help keep the lid on it.

I thought the amendment moved by the Greens and the ones from Mr Kaine turned this into a very sensible motion. I want to see the most effective possible public transport system for the people who want to use it. We want a system in which ordinary people, given the opportunity, can be encouraged to move on public transport. That raises an issue that has been touched on but not dealt with, and I think it will provide a challenge in some ways for Mr Kaine as Minister. It is entirely appropriate to run a trial to see whether our public transport system can be improved by having Deane's involved in this way, but is it not equally important for this Minister to assess whether it is worth while extending our buses a little further into Queanbeyan from the transport routes they use? Perhaps that would make some of the services past Narrabundah, Oaks Estate and other areas even more efficient than is the current circumstance. These are issues that are important for us to consider and for the Minister to negotiate with the Queanbeyan City Council and other authorities.

Mr Speaker, I think this is a great opportunity. The way the Greens seek to amend this motion will mean that the Assembly does know what is going on and, at the same time, the Minister will be free to negotiate to get a better public transport system. I think it is an excellent outcome.

Question put:

That the amendments (Mr Kaine's) to Ms Horodny's amendment be agreed to.

The Assembly voted -

		AYES, 11			 NOES, 6

	Mrs Carnell	Mrs Littlewood		Mr Berry
	Mr Cornwell	Mr Moore		Mr Corbell
	Mr Hird		Mr Osborne		Ms McRae
	Ms Horodny	Mr Stefaniak		Ms Reilly
	Mr Humphries	Ms Tucker		Mr Whitecross
	Mr Kaine				Mr Wood

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