Page 4916 - Week 13 - Thursday, 2 November 2017

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The rorts go on and on, and they are all complicit—every single one of them. They all benefit from gambling money; they all benefit from the fellow travellers of the labour movement and they all depend on them by way of their preselection. We have seen what happens when the union bosses meddle in preselections in the Labor Party. And that is, of course, when it is done overtly. How many are done just through implication? How many are done by fear? That is, in effect, what we have in Canberra now—we have intimidation. This is a government that facilitates intimidation. It is a government that is more than willing to just give in to these vested interests. This is a government that governs for certain property developers.

I certainly have lost one or two acquaintances by raising these issues. I have certainly received my fair share of criticism for bringing to light some of these concerns, but I have no regrets whatsoever. I have no regrets about moving this no confidence motion because the facts I have put on the table today are true. The facts about the money that is changing hands from the ACT government to vested interests are appalling, and nobody opposite is willing to stand up.

I expect the Labor Party and perhaps the Greens are going to come to an ICAC kicking and screaming. They do not want an ICAC, for good reason. They are very concerned about an ICAC. They are very concerned about the findings that an impartial body would no doubt make.

Who else has the sort of information that these vested interests have? Who else knew that there was going to be a change in the lease variation charge system in a matter of months “so you’d better get your DA in fast”? Who else knows exactly what the government’s agenda is for poker machine licences? Who else has control of zoning and what land the government buys? The Labor Party in Canberra have vested interests and they govern for vested interests. I have no confidence in this government because of the corrupt decisions that they have engaged in.

Question put:

That the motion be agreed to.

The Assembly voted—

Question resolved in the negative.

Petitions—ministerial responses

The following responses to petitions have been lodged:

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