Mr GUNNER - 2013-02-13
Yesterday, you said you had achieved everything in your 100-day plan. On the front page of that plan you said you would, ‘immediately remove all problem drunks from our streets’. How can you, with a straight face, possibly claim to have achieved removing drunks from our streets? Do you seriously expect Territorians to believe you? Will you admit that you got it wrong?
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I thank the honourable member for his question. You have asked this question a couple of times before, poor fellow ...
Mr Gunner: People are still interested in having an answer.
Mr MILLS: Yes, that is right. This is the level of public debate we have, typified by the Labor response. If you are going to …
Mr Gunner: You promised it!
Mr MILLS: Yes, I know. You have already made that assertion. That is fine, I got your point. That is okay.
Just like the cost of living issue, you guys are standing there like Grade 4 debating champions debating against university students in trying to make this point. I will give you a round of applause, good effort. When you say the cost of living, for example, would immediately drop - we just pass money out. We are not the Labor Party, you see ...
Mr Gunner: You said it, not us.
Mr MILLS: Yes, I got your point; you have made a very strong debating point. It is okay. Just relax.
To immediately change the cost of living, just as if you wanted to get your own affairs and you own ...
Mr GUNNER: A point of order, Madam Speaker! Relevance. The question is about merely removing drunks, not about the cost of living. That would be another question.
Madam SPEAKER: Chief Minister, you have the call.
Mr MILLS: I thought I might help you out. Conceptually, it might be a bit hard for you to grasp ...
Mr Gunner: So, drunks are conceptual now, they are not real? They are conceptual.
Madam SPEAKER: Order! Member for Fannie Bay, allow the Chief Minister to answer the question.
Mr MILLS: Talk about drunks. Okay, I will talk about drunks ...
Mr Conlan: Start with him.
Madam SPEAKER: Member for Greatorex, please stand and withdraw that comment.
Mr CONLAN: Sorry, I withdraw, Madam Speaker.
Mr McCarthy: Wauchope Hotel!
Mr MILLS: Madam Speaker, I note the interjection of the member for Barkly. This is a member who, making sledges across the Chamber, and in response to your big point you just made ...
Mr McCARTHY: A point of order, Madam Speaker! I did not sledge across the Chamber. I was sledged by this man over here. I will have it on the public record I do not drink alcohol.
Madam SPEAKER: Member for Barkly, please be seated. It is not a point of order. Chief Minister, you have the call.
Mr MILLS: The point you …
Madam SPEAKER: If you could address your comments through the Chair.
Mr MILLS: Thank you. The member for Barkly gives me the opportunity, by way of the comments that were just made, to go back to the previous issue raised by the member for Barkly. There are a number of allegations, assertions, and accusations, that could be made of a number of members in this Chambers …
Ms Lawrie interjecting.
Mr MILLS: Including you. However, I would never use this Chamber to advance those accusations ...
Madam SPEAKER: Order! Chief Minister, your time has expired.
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I thank the honourable member for his question. You have asked this question a couple of times before, poor fellow ...
Mr Gunner: People are still interested in having an answer.
Mr MILLS: Yes, that is right. This is the level of public debate we have, typified by the Labor response. If you are going to …
Mr Gunner: You promised it!
Mr MILLS: Yes, I know. You have already made that assertion. That is fine, I got your point. That is okay.
Just like the cost of living issue, you guys are standing there like Grade 4 debating champions debating against university students in trying to make this point. I will give you a round of applause, good effort. When you say the cost of living, for example, would immediately drop - we just pass money out. We are not the Labor Party, you see ...
Mr Gunner: You said it, not us.
Mr MILLS: Yes, I got your point; you have made a very strong debating point. It is okay. Just relax.
To immediately change the cost of living, just as if you wanted to get your own affairs and you own ...
Mr GUNNER: A point of order, Madam Speaker! Relevance. The question is about merely removing drunks, not about the cost of living. That would be another question.
Madam SPEAKER: Chief Minister, you have the call.
Mr MILLS: I thought I might help you out. Conceptually, it might be a bit hard for you to grasp ...
Mr Gunner: So, drunks are conceptual now, they are not real? They are conceptual.
Madam SPEAKER: Order! Member for Fannie Bay, allow the Chief Minister to answer the question.
Mr MILLS: Talk about drunks. Okay, I will talk about drunks ...
Mr Conlan: Start with him.
Madam SPEAKER: Member for Greatorex, please stand and withdraw that comment.
Mr CONLAN: Sorry, I withdraw, Madam Speaker.
Mr McCarthy: Wauchope Hotel!
Mr MILLS: Madam Speaker, I note the interjection of the member for Barkly. This is a member who, making sledges across the Chamber, and in response to your big point you just made ...
Mr McCARTHY: A point of order, Madam Speaker! I did not sledge across the Chamber. I was sledged by this man over here. I will have it on the public record I do not drink alcohol.
Madam SPEAKER: Member for Barkly, please be seated. It is not a point of order. Chief Minister, you have the call.
Mr MILLS: The point you …
Madam SPEAKER: If you could address your comments through the Chair.
Mr MILLS: Thank you. The member for Barkly gives me the opportunity, by way of the comments that were just made, to go back to the previous issue raised by the member for Barkly. There are a number of allegations, assertions, and accusations, that could be made of a number of members in this Chambers …
Ms Lawrie interjecting.
Mr MILLS: Including you. However, I would never use this Chamber to advance those accusations ...
Madam SPEAKER: Order! Chief Minister, your time has expired.
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