Page 29 - Week 01 - Tuesday, 10 February 2015
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“I’ve expressed my disappointment.” We have this litany of failure and we have the Chief Minister expressing his disappointment in the minister. We need to have action in the Assembly. This cannot go on.
Mr Barr said:
“… It was an error and one that needed to be corrected …”
When asked about Mr Corbell’s involvement then, he always goes quiet. “No, no, nothing to see here. I’m just moving on with these reforms.” It was all a bit embarrassing, wasn’t it, to go out there and blame Joy Burch when it turns out that his deputy knew all about the reg.
This has done enormous damage to our club sector. Let me read from what ClubsACT Chief Executive Mr House had to say:
I have some very, very angry members … It is very, very disappointing that we’ve had a decision taken and reversed within very short order … It’s another example of the sheer difficulty in trying to achieve outcomes …
This has caused significant damage to the clubs sector. It has been a poor start for Mr Barr, and this is probably why he made a speech about renewal in the Assembly today. The minister’s actions reflect on his judgement. His decision to continue with Joy Burch as his gaming and racing minister, as a minister on his frontbench, as number three in the team, reflects on his judgement.
We have another article, “Pollies and petrol stumble into the new year”. This is from the CityNews of 22 January 2015.
What a way to start the political year—the Feds forced into yet another back down … to make us pay more for our trip to the doctor and our local lasses and lads tripping over their own feet on the $50 pokies fiasco … As for the pokies, who could possibly argue with Jon Stanhope in his call for the ALP to sever its connections to the Canberra Labor clubs. But wait a minute. Isn’t this the same Jon Stanhope whose Labor Government was the beneficiary of all that lovely money from the clubs for successive election campaigns?
It has been a poor start. “Barr makes a stumbling start”, in the CityNews of 29 January:
Andrew Barr has made a poor start in filling the shoes of former Chief Minister, Katy Gallagher … The end-of-year $50 fiasco over poker machines is the first significant stumble of the Barr government. Minister Joy Burch released a regulation …
And we know the history of this. The stumble, the poor start—down to you, minister. I am giving the Chief Minister the opportunity to acknowledge that this minister no longer has the confidence of the community and no longer has the confidence of the people that observe this Assembly. The Chief Minister has talked about renewal, with new members coming into this place and new ministers being appointed, and it is time to take this opportunity for renewal before we have further damage.
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