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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000 Week 3 Hansard (9 March) . . Page.. 805 ..
MR MOORE (continuing):
We now have similar warnings. What will happen if we do nothing? We can be sure that there will be a further loss of jobs. Mr Wood stood up and said, "Now, what is the driving force behind this process?". He said that the driving force is profit, and profit alone. Mr Wood expected us to believe it. It is not the case. That is not the case.
Mr Quinlan: Where's your self-respect?
MR MOORE: I do not come to this debate from an ideological perspective. On the contrary, my decision on the issue was made almost exactly two years ago when I spoke to the current Chief Minister prior to her gaining the position of Chief Minister. At that point there was no discussion.
Mr Corbell: Was that part of the deal, Michael? Was that part of the deal in you getting a ministry?
Mr Humphries: Mr Speaker, I rise on a point of order. Mr Moore is being interrupted continually by interjections. I ask that he have a bit more opportunity to make his speech.
MR SPEAKER: Order!
MR MOORE: At that point, the Chief Minister said to me that if I were to support it - - -
Mr Corbell: Are you suggesting that she bought your vote.
MR SPEAKER: Order! Be careful, you are under warning already, Mr Corbell.
MR MOORE: She said that if I were to support her, in terms of being Chief Minister, she wanted to make it very clear to me that she would be considering the sale of ACTEW. At that point, I said to her, "I do not have an ideological perspective on it; you will have to show me the community benefit in so doing in order that I will support it". At that time, I made a decision that I would support the sale of ACTEW, with the proviso that there be a community benefit in it.
Mr Quinlan: Michael, you just shot the Chief Minister.
MR MOORE: Mr Speaker, can you warn Mr Quinlan as well. I can hardly get a word in.
MR SPEAKER: Yes, I will be quite happy to warn other members if they continue to interject. I am sure that none of you want to be out of this chamber when this important debate is voted upon. I am sure it would look rather embarrassing to your parties.
MR MOORE
: Thank you, Mr Speaker. I supported the sale of ACTEW and the merger which fell through. I support this joint venture. My preference was the merger, which I thought was the best of all those options - the one that, in my view, delivered the most
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