Page 1200 - Week 04 - Wednesday, 7 May 2014
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Macbeth, it seems the lady doth protest too much. There is a desperate need to say “Well, we’ve got priorities, too. We care about the people. We do. We’re not just focused on ourselves.” To an extent, we know the Labor Party cares about the people out there in the outer suburbs. They certainly care about the people in Charnwood where their Labor Club is; the people in Charnwood who can shovel as much money into their pokies as they could possibly get. That is where the Labor Party’s concerns are.
They talk about the hardworking families. They talk about their commitment to social justice. We hear so much rhetoric from those opposite. Unfortunately, we all know that the Labor Party machine, that mob opposite, are funded by the proceeds of money that comes out of the hardworking families that we on this side seek to represent but who those on that side seek to exploit to get as much money as they can out of those families to fund their coffers and spin their Labor Party machine.
There has been a lot of talk about priorities today. I say to you, Madam Speaker, that the only concern you see out of this mob opposite—
Government members interjecting—
MR HANSON: I would not be surprised if the only time Andrew Barr goes to Charnwood is to go to the Labor Club to ask, “How much money have we made this week, boys? How is this going to affect our receipts?” Where else to go? Weston Creek. I imagine the only time Labor Party members go out and see the good people of Rivett or Stirling or Fisher or places like that is to ask, “How much money are we making out of those people this week to fund us?” They are the priorities of the Labor Party.
Government members interjecting—
MR HANSON: It has got them fired up. They are pretty sensitive about this. They do not like it. They come in here with their flourishing rhetoric, their compassion, their heart. You have got Ms Berry up the back there talking about social justice all the time. “The poor hard workers. We care about them.” Do they? They care about their dollars that go into fund their Labor Party machine through the pokies.
There are certain words that I cannot say because words like “hypocrite” might be ruled out of order, so I will not use them.
MADAM SPEAKER: Do not tempt me, Mr Hanson.
MR HANSON: Madam Speaker, let me go through the amendment. It starts, ironically, with the importance of ongoing engagement with Canberrans. Now, the latest example we have seen about ongoing engagement with Canberrans was the 11-day turnaround for a committee report. Mr Coe read out in his speech the submissions to that committee where every single person that responded to something that is going to have a massive and substantial impact on the planning of this city said, “There is no consultation here. This is a sham.” So do not talk to us about community group consultation.
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