Page 5211 - Week 14 - Wednesday, 18 November 2009
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Mr Hanson: I nearly had. I nearly came over to the Greens.
MADAM ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Ms Le Couteur): Mr Hanson, please be quiet. Ms Bresnan, you have the floor.
MS BRESNAN: Thank you, Madam Assistant Speaker. The Liberals adopted a hardline position even before the public consultation process had ended and, quite obviously, before reading submissions from key stakeholders—which, I again note, support the sale of the hospital but not the hospice. So let us get this right: the Liberals call for consultation and then, when it is conducted, come out with a position before it is even over. What do they think the point of consultation is? It seems—
Mr Hanson: At least I turned up to the public meeting, Amanda. Where were you?
MS BRESNAN: I was actually there, Mr Hanson.
Mr Hanson: You were not at the public meeting.
MS BRESNAN: The one that you were not meant to go to? It seems that the only time line that the Liberals care about is theirs—and when they can get into the media. They do not care about consultation time lines.
Opposition members interjecting—
MADAM ASSISTANT SPEAKER: Members of the opposition, I cannot hear Ms Bresnan; she has the floor.
Ms Gallagher: How long have you been a member?
MADAM ASSISTANT SPEAKER: Ms Gallagher, Ms Bresnan has the floor.
Mr Hanson: I can explain to you what they do there in great detail.
MADAM ASSISTANT SPEAKER: Mr Hanson, please shut up. Ms Bresnan, I hope you can continue in quiet.
MS BRESNAN: Thank you, Madam Assistant Speaker, for that very intelligent comment. It seems that the only time line that the Liberals care about is theirs—and what they can get into the media. They do not care about consultation time lines; they do not care about government responses; they do not care about the timing of appropriation bills. Let me quote Mr Hanson from the 17 June debate:
The opposition have maintained open minds on this issue. We very much want to see the detail. We want to engage with the government and with the community to understand the issue. But to this date we have not been provided with sufficient evidence, we have not seen the process that the government should be following and we have not seen the consultation that allows us to make that decision.
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