Mrs FINOCCHIARO - 2016-05-25
Today we have heard the Leader of the Opposition talk about his plan for the future of the Northern Territory. Could the Chief Minister inform the House of how the government’s vision is different and which plan is better for the Territorians we represent?
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I thank the member for Drysdale for her question.
She is talking about choice in the Northern Territory, between the Country Liberal government and the Labor opposition, choice between a plan to create jobs in the Northern Territory or destroy jobs, as the Labor party would have it.
We heard his morning, in the Leader of the Opposition’s budget reply, a plan to kill industry, drive up the cost of living and completely destroy the private sector in the Northern Territory. Let me go through a few of those plans by Labor to kill jobs.
Labor has a plan to kill the gas industry; we all know that. They have a plan to kill the horticulture industry, because they will cancel water licences; we know that. Whether you are a banana, mango, onion or lettuce grower, your industry will be killed.
We know they want to kill the cattle sector; they already have blood on their hands in that area.
They want to kill the building industry and development.
Members interjecting.
Mr GILES: They cry now, but let us look at this.
They want to stop development in the rural area, densification in the urban area, all developments across the Territory and the third stage of Bayview, which has been being built for the last 20 years.
In the planning design for Tiger Brennan Drive, which was done by Labor, they even put the intersection in for the third stage. They planned for it, we built it and now they are opposed to it.
They do not support development, horticulture, gas, agribusiness or cattle. Worst of all, they want to drive up the cost of living. They have a renewable energy target that will see electricity prices in the Territory at least triple, and their first home owner incentive for established homes will see house prices go through the roof.
The promise of a $10 000 incentive to be spent on fitting out a house will not be spent on tradies and labour; it will be spent at goods stores like Harvey Norman on electrical devices such as washing machines made in Japan, or furniture made in Malaysia. There is no local jobs plan that will put in $10 000 for first home buyers to buy a lounge, table and washing machine. That is not helping local tradies like we are on this side of the Chamber …
Madam SPEAKER: Chief Minister, your time has expired.
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I thank the member for Drysdale for her question.
She is talking about choice in the Northern Territory, between the Country Liberal government and the Labor opposition, choice between a plan to create jobs in the Northern Territory or destroy jobs, as the Labor party would have it.
We heard his morning, in the Leader of the Opposition’s budget reply, a plan to kill industry, drive up the cost of living and completely destroy the private sector in the Northern Territory. Let me go through a few of those plans by Labor to kill jobs.
Labor has a plan to kill the gas industry; we all know that. They have a plan to kill the horticulture industry, because they will cancel water licences; we know that. Whether you are a banana, mango, onion or lettuce grower, your industry will be killed.
We know they want to kill the cattle sector; they already have blood on their hands in that area.
They want to kill the building industry and development.
Members interjecting.
Mr GILES: They cry now, but let us look at this.
They want to stop development in the rural area, densification in the urban area, all developments across the Territory and the third stage of Bayview, which has been being built for the last 20 years.
In the planning design for Tiger Brennan Drive, which was done by Labor, they even put the intersection in for the third stage. They planned for it, we built it and now they are opposed to it.
They do not support development, horticulture, gas, agribusiness or cattle. Worst of all, they want to drive up the cost of living. They have a renewable energy target that will see electricity prices in the Territory at least triple, and their first home owner incentive for established homes will see house prices go through the roof.
The promise of a $10 000 incentive to be spent on fitting out a house will not be spent on tradies and labour; it will be spent at goods stores like Harvey Norman on electrical devices such as washing machines made in Japan, or furniture made in Malaysia. There is no local jobs plan that will put in $10 000 for first home buyers to buy a lounge, table and washing machine. That is not helping local tradies like we are on this side of the Chamber …
Madam SPEAKER: Chief Minister, your time has expired.
Last updated: 09 Aug 2016