Mr BURKE - 2008-05-07
Why is it so important that Budget 2008-09 is fully costed and funded?
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I thank the member for Brennan for his question because it is, fundamentally, a very important question. When you look at budgets, of course you have to understand how they are costed and how they will be funded if you want to ensure that you are not participating in what would be irresponsible financial management. That would be the biggest possible threat to our strong economy.
What we saw today from the Leader of the Opposition was, fundamentally, irresponsible financial management. We had the recycled ideas from a recycled leader with the cut-and-paste policy, picking up on ideas from the Prime Minister, the Territory government and from the former Leader of the Opposition which, of course, is just a recycling of what we had before.
My concern is that, not only did he knife the member for Araluen because he wanted a fresh approach, he then went ahead and recycled her ideas. I guess the greatest concern …
Mrs Miller: This is not a drama lesson, this is supposed to be fact.
Madam SPEAKER: Order!
Ms Lawrie: It is fact.
Members interjecting.
Madam SPEAKER: Order!
Ms LAWRIE: Madam Speaker, his reply was both uncosted and unfunded. Fundamentally, he is unbelievable. The only fact that we have in terms of any savings he has identified is that he will sack public servants and find savings of $50m.
By his own figures on Glyde Point alone, he is already providing a $470m black hole. The $30m that the Leader of the Opposition claimed he would provide for Glyde Point infrastructure, on today’s figures, would not even deliver you a road out there ...
Mr Mills: You had better look where you got your figures from. You did not get them from Treasury; you made them up.
Madam SPEAKER: Order!
Ms LAWRIE: Madam Speaker, the Leader of the Opposition may well have made his figures up, but I can guarantee you that we have costings on infrastructure …
Mr Mills: Okay, that is a guarantee.
Ms LAWRIE: I do not make figures up like the Leader of the Opposition has, obviously, in his promises for Glyde Point. $30m would not even get you the road and the bridge over the Howard River you would need to get out there.
The Leader of the Opposition today has shown that not only would he deliver a $470m black hole with his Glyde Point promise, but that he truly is an economic vandal and cannot be trusted with the Territory economy.
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I thank the member for Brennan for his question because it is, fundamentally, a very important question. When you look at budgets, of course you have to understand how they are costed and how they will be funded if you want to ensure that you are not participating in what would be irresponsible financial management. That would be the biggest possible threat to our strong economy.
What we saw today from the Leader of the Opposition was, fundamentally, irresponsible financial management. We had the recycled ideas from a recycled leader with the cut-and-paste policy, picking up on ideas from the Prime Minister, the Territory government and from the former Leader of the Opposition which, of course, is just a recycling of what we had before.
My concern is that, not only did he knife the member for Araluen because he wanted a fresh approach, he then went ahead and recycled her ideas. I guess the greatest concern …
Mrs Miller: This is not a drama lesson, this is supposed to be fact.
Madam SPEAKER: Order!
Ms Lawrie: It is fact.
Members interjecting.
Madam SPEAKER: Order!
Ms LAWRIE: Madam Speaker, his reply was both uncosted and unfunded. Fundamentally, he is unbelievable. The only fact that we have in terms of any savings he has identified is that he will sack public servants and find savings of $50m.
By his own figures on Glyde Point alone, he is already providing a $470m black hole. The $30m that the Leader of the Opposition claimed he would provide for Glyde Point infrastructure, on today’s figures, would not even deliver you a road out there ...
Mr Mills: You had better look where you got your figures from. You did not get them from Treasury; you made them up.
Madam SPEAKER: Order!
Ms LAWRIE: Madam Speaker, the Leader of the Opposition may well have made his figures up, but I can guarantee you that we have costings on infrastructure …
Mr Mills: Okay, that is a guarantee.
Ms LAWRIE: I do not make figures up like the Leader of the Opposition has, obviously, in his promises for Glyde Point. $30m would not even get you the road and the bridge over the Howard River you would need to get out there.
The Leader of the Opposition today has shown that not only would he deliver a $470m black hole with his Glyde Point promise, but that he truly is an economic vandal and cannot be trusted with the Territory economy.
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