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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 7 Hansard (24 June) . . Page.. 2018 ..

MR SPEAKER: Yes.

MR BERRY: And the way that this Government, in concert with the Independents and others, has dealt with tobacco. I think Mrs Carnell's and Mr Moore's record on this issue has been again soiled. I do not think their contribution to the debate has been that helpful in the scheme of things. I have been quite proud to draw attention to that in relation to the recent changes to the way that tobacco consumption in licensed premises will be dealt with. I think we have passed the time when changes can be made to take us back to the past.

Mr Moore: You just had your conflict of interest over the Labor Club all the way. That is why you did not include the clubs in it - because of your conflict of interest, Wayne Berry.

MR SPEAKER: Order!

MR BERRY: Mr Moore, I think, is stinging a little bit over the criticism that was levelled at him because of his support for this Government, the general dislike for this Government which is emerging in the community - - -

Mr Moore: And their great faith in the Labor Party!

MR BERRY: And the flow-on effect that that has in relation to his own chances later on. So, Mr Speaker - - -

MR SPEAKER: Relevance, Mr Berry.

MR BERRY: That vindictiveness and pettiness aside, I will say again and again that the blame for anything that goes wrong with health management in the ACT has to be shared by the people that put the Liberal Government and this Health Minister in place. Mr Speaker, that includes the Independents and the Greens. I will continue to draw attention to it until the end of this term. This budget repeats the lie of the earlier claims that there would be savings in the ACT health system. Mr Moore has drawn attention to that, correctly. It is a repeat performance of spending lots of money to save trouble - and you can do that in health; there is no question about that. Mr Speaker, the Government's management of the health budget is no better now than it was when it started, and the community has no real reason to have confidence in this Government's management of this particular portfolio, notwithstanding the claims that were made at the last election.

MS REILLY (6.10): Mr Speaker, I want to make some comments on the community care part of the budget. The first thing to point out when we look at community care and the other community programs contained in the budget is the lack of planning - the lack of coordination and consistency - that seems to be a highlight and a characteristic of the budget. There does not appear to be an integration through the whole of the budget process, particularly - - -

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