Mr TOLLNER - 2010-08-19
Last week, you were repeatedly asked about the secret deal and the preference swap made between Labor and The Greens. Your response to these questions was along the line that you were not aware of those details because the deal was done on a federal level. This advertisement was recently placed in the NT News by the Australian Fishing Trade Association, an apolitical organisation, from what I can understand, and for the benefit of radio listeners, the advertisement is headlined:
Have you had the opportunity to get detail on this secret deal and will you now warn Territorian fishers of the danger of voting for either the Greens or federal Labor?
Madam SPEAKER: Member for Fong Lim, your time has expired.
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, we have missed the member for Fong Lim over the last couple of days and his sometimes colourful and entertaining contributions. They never have much substance to them but certainly can be entertaining ...
Mr Tollner: Tell us about the deal.
Members interjecting.
Madam SPEAKER: Order, order!
Mr HENDERSON: This group is about as apolitical as the young Liberals. This mob is about as apolitical as the young Liberals and the other mob which has been running around on the smoking issues about the greengrocers or whatever. They are just fronts for the Liberals trying to make mischief.
I guarantee that 30% of the coastline of the Northern Territory will not be closed to recreational fishing. That might have been a twinkle in Senator Scullion’s eyes when he was introducing for the exclusion zones and was howled down at the AFANT meeting when he was in the Howard government.
We will have the issue of Blue Mud Bay resolved with the land councils. Those negotiations are going very well and recreational fishers have nothing to fear from this grubby, little scare campaign by the front of the Liberal parties and the Greens being elected to be the federal government of the day is not going to happen. Recreational fishers will continue to enjoy the access they currently have. Do not believe those advertisements in the paper; they are as apolitical as the young Liberals are.
- Fishing may never be the same again if The Greens or Labor get into power!
Have you had the opportunity to get detail on this secret deal and will you now warn Territorian fishers of the danger of voting for either the Greens or federal Labor?
Madam SPEAKER: Member for Fong Lim, your time has expired.
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, we have missed the member for Fong Lim over the last couple of days and his sometimes colourful and entertaining contributions. They never have much substance to them but certainly can be entertaining ...
Mr Tollner: Tell us about the deal.
Members interjecting.
Madam SPEAKER: Order, order!
Mr HENDERSON: This group is about as apolitical as the young Liberals. This mob is about as apolitical as the young Liberals and the other mob which has been running around on the smoking issues about the greengrocers or whatever. They are just fronts for the Liberals trying to make mischief.
I guarantee that 30% of the coastline of the Northern Territory will not be closed to recreational fishing. That might have been a twinkle in Senator Scullion’s eyes when he was introducing for the exclusion zones and was howled down at the AFANT meeting when he was in the Howard government.
We will have the issue of Blue Mud Bay resolved with the land councils. Those negotiations are going very well and recreational fishers have nothing to fear from this grubby, little scare campaign by the front of the Liberal parties and the Greens being elected to be the federal government of the day is not going to happen. Recreational fishers will continue to enjoy the access they currently have. Do not believe those advertisements in the paper; they are as apolitical as the young Liberals are.
Last updated: 09 Aug 2016