Mrs FINOCCHIARO - 2015-12-02
The people of Palmerston are very happy that now, after years of being slugged at the bowser, we are paying some of the cheapest fuel prices in the country. Can you outline the Country Liberal government’s plan for lowering the cost of living and delivering jobs and opportunities for Territorians? Can you outline whether there are any alternatives?
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, there are no positive alternatives. Here is another thing we fixed. Not only did we fix the PenCon scheme, which was poorly administered by the former Labor government, but we had to fix fuel prices, which were driven up by the former Labor government.
We have recently driven down electricity prices, as announced last weekend, by 5% and have not implemented the 2.5% rise. We have also driven down house prices. What was interesting for those who followed parliament yesterday was the debate, the poorly advised stunt the Leader of the Opposition brought on, especially when it came to the comments from the member for Karama and the relationship with house prices.
Ms Fyles: You are obsessed with the member for Karama.
Mr GILES: The member for Karama is the quasi-Labor Opposition Leader. We all know that; everybody can see it. She is pulling the strings of the Labor Party. She has the members for Nightcliff and Casuarina on a string following her around everywhere. We saw the Leader of the Opposition try to put the knife into …
Ms FYLES: A point of order, Madam Speaker! Standing Order 110; can the unelected Chief Minister come back to the point of the question?
Madam SPEAKER: Member for Nightcliff, withdraw that.
Ms FYLES: I withdraw.
Mr GILES: The Leader of the Opposition tried to put the knife into the member for Karama saying, ‘We apologise. We got housing and lands and planning completely wrong when we were in government.’ He knows the member for Karama was the Lands and Planning minister; he is just trying to put the barb in. He also knows over his right shoulder is the member for Wanguri, who was the adviser to the Housing minister at the time.
While the Leader of the Opposition is trying to run a deeply divided opposition, with the quasi-member of the Labor Party sitting at the back left - the member for Karama - he is trying to play all the different flanks, having a crack at the member for Karama for getting lands and planning, and housing, wrong.
But do not worry; like PenCon, we have fixed it. We have fixed fuel, housing and electricity prices, and we are releasing land like never before. We continue to do that.
The member for Nhulunbuy could not manage the changes to the refinery in Nhulunbuy; she did nothing but scream, so we tried to help. The member for Nightcliff was talking about law and order yesterday. We will try to fix those issues in Nightcliff as well.
We continue to clean up Labor’s mess. That was for all to see yesterday when we saw the outcomes with Xana Kamitsis. The CLP government is cleaning up Labor mess yet again.
It is a positive statement; we are tough on law and order. We are tough on the PenCon scheme, drunks and assaults on our streets, and we will continue to be unashamedly tough on law and order.
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, there are no positive alternatives. Here is another thing we fixed. Not only did we fix the PenCon scheme, which was poorly administered by the former Labor government, but we had to fix fuel prices, which were driven up by the former Labor government.
We have recently driven down electricity prices, as announced last weekend, by 5% and have not implemented the 2.5% rise. We have also driven down house prices. What was interesting for those who followed parliament yesterday was the debate, the poorly advised stunt the Leader of the Opposition brought on, especially when it came to the comments from the member for Karama and the relationship with house prices.
Ms Fyles: You are obsessed with the member for Karama.
Mr GILES: The member for Karama is the quasi-Labor Opposition Leader. We all know that; everybody can see it. She is pulling the strings of the Labor Party. She has the members for Nightcliff and Casuarina on a string following her around everywhere. We saw the Leader of the Opposition try to put the knife into …
Ms FYLES: A point of order, Madam Speaker! Standing Order 110; can the unelected Chief Minister come back to the point of the question?
Madam SPEAKER: Member for Nightcliff, withdraw that.
Ms FYLES: I withdraw.
Mr GILES: The Leader of the Opposition tried to put the knife into the member for Karama saying, ‘We apologise. We got housing and lands and planning completely wrong when we were in government.’ He knows the member for Karama was the Lands and Planning minister; he is just trying to put the barb in. He also knows over his right shoulder is the member for Wanguri, who was the adviser to the Housing minister at the time.
While the Leader of the Opposition is trying to run a deeply divided opposition, with the quasi-member of the Labor Party sitting at the back left - the member for Karama - he is trying to play all the different flanks, having a crack at the member for Karama for getting lands and planning, and housing, wrong.
But do not worry; like PenCon, we have fixed it. We have fixed fuel, housing and electricity prices, and we are releasing land like never before. We continue to do that.
The member for Nhulunbuy could not manage the changes to the refinery in Nhulunbuy; she did nothing but scream, so we tried to help. The member for Nightcliff was talking about law and order yesterday. We will try to fix those issues in Nightcliff as well.
We continue to clean up Labor’s mess. That was for all to see yesterday when we saw the outcomes with Xana Kamitsis. The CLP government is cleaning up Labor mess yet again.
It is a positive statement; we are tough on law and order. We are tough on the PenCon scheme, drunks and assaults on our streets, and we will continue to be unashamedly tough on law and order.
Last updated: 09 Aug 2016