Ms LAWRIE - 2014-03-25
Despite your denials last week, Territorians have been watching the CLP implode. Three CLP bush MLAs are threatening to break away, saying they are negotiating. The member for Daly, in reference to the member for Namatjira, has said most of the CLP:
The member for Namatjira, one of the breakaway trio, said:
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I do not accept the premise of the question. I will focus, in my answer, on how Labor is more focused on us than developing and announcing its own policies. We have a plan for the Northern Territory and you do not. All you want to do is spread mistruths and inaccuracies throughout the Northern Territory.
We gave an answer last week about the plan for the Northern Territory, how we are facilitating the Framing the Future documents, a key focus on the economy on the social, cultural and the environmental aspects of the Northern Territory, how we are driving them through the agenda of northern Australia and what this means for building infrastructure across the Northern Territory.
Ms LAWRIE: A point of order, Madam Speaker! Standing Order 113: relevance. Will you now be honest with Territorians and explain what has been negotiated so you can tenuously cling to power?
Madam SPEAKER: There is no point order. Chief Minister, you have three minutes to finish.
Mr GILES: Madam Speaker, I think in response to a censure motion we spoke about how we are building roads, bridges, and telecommunications, and how our plan for the Northern Territory’s future is to ensure we have the economic growth opportunities and jobs for our kids for the future. We spoke about these things.
When you talk about a deal, the deal is we have a plan. The deal is you do not have a plan. The deal is we are out there finding investment to come to the Northern Territory, to ensure we open up horticultural opportunities, get investment in primary industry, have the biggest land release strategy in the Territory’s history, crime is at the lowest level since figures have been collected and alcohol supply is the lowest on record. We have mandatory alcohol treatment, which is helping people like never before ...
Ms LAWRIE: A point of order, Madam Speaker! Standing Order 113: relevance. Quite specifically, will you be honest with Territorians and explain what you are negotiating with the breakaway trio to tenuously cling to power?
Mr ELFERINK: Speaking to the point of order, Madam Speaker!
Madam SPEAKER: Opposition Leader, there is no point of order.
Mr GILES: With regard to the plan we are delivering, we are not delivering these aspects in isolation, we are delivering them in the frame of a $5.5bn debt legacy. The deal we offer all Territorians is a plan for the Territory’s future. Some of the members on your side wish they were part of what we are doing. You have colleagues on your side of the Chamber who like what we are doing, believe in what we are doing, say a 22% reduction in alcohol-fuelled violent assaults between February this year and February last year, as a result of the APO, is a good thing.
Ms LAWRIE: A point of order, Madam Speaker! Standing Order 113: relevance. The question was specific. You have 20 seconds left if you want to answer it.
Madam SPEAKER: Opposition Leader, I have already ruled it is not a point of order.
Mr GILES: If you want to talk about deals, let us talk about Stella Maris. Let us talk about Labor, the unions and dirty, dodgy deals.
Ms Lawrie interjecting.
Madam SPEAKER: Opposition Leader, cease interjecting.
Mr GILES: The fundamental thing is we have a plan, you do not have a plan. We have policies, you do not have policies.
Ms Lawrie: What is the deal?
Madam SPEAKER: Chief Minister, please pause. Opposition Leader, you are on a warning. I asked you to cease interjecting.
… would be very happy to see her leave the party.
The member for Namatjira, one of the breakaway trio, said:
- It is all in, all out.
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I do not accept the premise of the question. I will focus, in my answer, on how Labor is more focused on us than developing and announcing its own policies. We have a plan for the Northern Territory and you do not. All you want to do is spread mistruths and inaccuracies throughout the Northern Territory.
We gave an answer last week about the plan for the Northern Territory, how we are facilitating the Framing the Future documents, a key focus on the economy on the social, cultural and the environmental aspects of the Northern Territory, how we are driving them through the agenda of northern Australia and what this means for building infrastructure across the Northern Territory.
Ms LAWRIE: A point of order, Madam Speaker! Standing Order 113: relevance. Will you now be honest with Territorians and explain what has been negotiated so you can tenuously cling to power?
Madam SPEAKER: There is no point order. Chief Minister, you have three minutes to finish.
Mr GILES: Madam Speaker, I think in response to a censure motion we spoke about how we are building roads, bridges, and telecommunications, and how our plan for the Northern Territory’s future is to ensure we have the economic growth opportunities and jobs for our kids for the future. We spoke about these things.
When you talk about a deal, the deal is we have a plan. The deal is you do not have a plan. The deal is we are out there finding investment to come to the Northern Territory, to ensure we open up horticultural opportunities, get investment in primary industry, have the biggest land release strategy in the Territory’s history, crime is at the lowest level since figures have been collected and alcohol supply is the lowest on record. We have mandatory alcohol treatment, which is helping people like never before ...
Ms LAWRIE: A point of order, Madam Speaker! Standing Order 113: relevance. Quite specifically, will you be honest with Territorians and explain what you are negotiating with the breakaway trio to tenuously cling to power?
Mr ELFERINK: Speaking to the point of order, Madam Speaker!
Madam SPEAKER: Opposition Leader, there is no point of order.
Mr GILES: With regard to the plan we are delivering, we are not delivering these aspects in isolation, we are delivering them in the frame of a $5.5bn debt legacy. The deal we offer all Territorians is a plan for the Territory’s future. Some of the members on your side wish they were part of what we are doing. You have colleagues on your side of the Chamber who like what we are doing, believe in what we are doing, say a 22% reduction in alcohol-fuelled violent assaults between February this year and February last year, as a result of the APO, is a good thing.
Ms LAWRIE: A point of order, Madam Speaker! Standing Order 113: relevance. The question was specific. You have 20 seconds left if you want to answer it.
Madam SPEAKER: Opposition Leader, I have already ruled it is not a point of order.
Mr GILES: If you want to talk about deals, let us talk about Stella Maris. Let us talk about Labor, the unions and dirty, dodgy deals.
Ms Lawrie interjecting.
Madam SPEAKER: Opposition Leader, cease interjecting.
Mr GILES: The fundamental thing is we have a plan, you do not have a plan. We have policies, you do not have policies.
Ms Lawrie: What is the deal?
Madam SPEAKER: Chief Minister, please pause. Opposition Leader, you are on a warning. I asked you to cease interjecting.
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