Ms LAWRIE - 2012-10-30
In the last 10 years of the previous CLP government there were no significant increases in tariffs, indeed, not even a CPI tariff pathway. Under the Labor government, significant investment into infrastructure occurred in repairs and maintenance as well as new generation increase in the dam wall and closing Larrakeyah. How do you lay the blame for lack of tariff increase under Labor when we implemented the bulk of the Reeves report?
Mr ELFERINK: A point of order, Madam Speaker! This is an entirely new question; it is not a supplementary question and the Leader of the Opposition should be instructed to ask it as a normal question not a supplementary.
Madam SPEAKER: Thank you, Leader of Government Business. Treasurer.
Mrs LAMBLEY: The former government was in power for 11 years, and congratulations, you did spend money on improving the capital within Power and Water and we now have, perhaps, adequate infrastructure to generate electricity and ensure we have services that meet acceptable standards. But, the former government failed in its overall management of the whole corporation. It ignored the 2009 recommendations from the Reeves report, it failed to increase tariffs in line with every other jurisdiction in Australia, and that comes back to the people of the Northern Territory to bear, thanks to the mismanagement of that government.
That government did not have the courage, the good management, or decision-making ability to implement the tariff increases, keeping in line with every other jurisdiction in Australia. They showed a lack of will and a lack of commitment.
Mr ELFERINK: A point of order, Madam Speaker! This is an entirely new question; it is not a supplementary question and the Leader of the Opposition should be instructed to ask it as a normal question not a supplementary.
Madam SPEAKER: Thank you, Leader of Government Business. Treasurer.
Mrs LAMBLEY: The former government was in power for 11 years, and congratulations, you did spend money on improving the capital within Power and Water and we now have, perhaps, adequate infrastructure to generate electricity and ensure we have services that meet acceptable standards. But, the former government failed in its overall management of the whole corporation. It ignored the 2009 recommendations from the Reeves report, it failed to increase tariffs in line with every other jurisdiction in Australia, and that comes back to the people of the Northern Territory to bear, thanks to the mismanagement of that government.
That government did not have the courage, the good management, or decision-making ability to implement the tariff increases, keeping in line with every other jurisdiction in Australia. They showed a lack of will and a lack of commitment.
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