Page 1455 - Week 04 - Thursday, 26 March 2009
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MR HANSON: As did yours, Mr Barr. What about motor sport? We have seen an absolute failure to invest in motor sport. We see this flip-flopping—on again, off again—dragway policy from the Labor party.
Of course, moving away from government funding, there is the very important issue of club funding—from clubs into sporting and recreational community groups. In recent months, we have seen a trend of clubs in the ACT stepping away from existing commitments to sponsor, look after, those recreational organisations. What we do not see is those clubs stepping away from their ongoing support to the Labor Party through their poker money.
Mrs Dunne: The way you are going, Andrew, you will never get them back from the Greens.
Mr Barr: We’ll pinch them from you then.
MR HANSON: We recognise an important role for these community organisations in binding our communities together and keeping our communities safe and healthy.
Mrs Dunne: Liberal voters have more sense than that.
MR HANSON: They are cutting back, but they are still continuing.
Mr Barr: There’s not many of them.
MR HANSON: Madam Assistant Speaker, can we stop the clock, please?
MADAM ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Ms Le Couteur): Why?
MR HANSON: I just ask that the members cease interjecting whilst I am trying to speak.
Mr Barr: That’s the new precedent you want to set?
MR HANSON: Well, it was worth a go, Madam Assistant Speaker. I will continue. We have had a look at Labor’s policies in this area, and it is clear. You have got all your policies, Andrew. I wonder how many you are going to get through, though. I wonder how many you are going to get through when you go up to Katy’s office begging for all these policies to be maintained in the budget and all these people that you have—
Mr Smyth: No, he will go to Jon’s office.
MR HANSON: To Jon’s office, to Katy’s office. All these things that you have promised—I wonder how many will be delivered finally in the budget.
MS BURCH (Brindabella) (4.28): I am quite happy to talk to the matter of public importance on sporting facilities. Firstly, Mr Doszpot raised the archery submission.
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