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YOU HAVE TO LOVE POLITICIANS
You have to love politicians !!!
Around about election time - they court you.
Your letter box will be stuffed with glossy brochures, all about them. The brochure will open up their private lives to you - with happy snaps of
them, their spouse, children, them with groups of young people, attending functions etc. The brochure tells you how committed they are to
serving the electorate and listening to you. If you are really lucky, your door will be knocked and a brochure hand delivered.
IF you happen to be walking down the street, or particularly near a railway station, you will greeted as a long lost friend, glad handed and
slapped on the back. If you have children with you - they will come in for special attention - especially if media photographers are nearby.
They even come uninvited into your home - via the TV set, interrupting your evenings relaxation.
SOMETIMES - they will make personal phone calls to you. We were very lucky on the day before the federal election to receive not one, not two
but three telephone calls from George Newhouse about polling day the next day.
HOWEVER, after election day - somehow you start to feel unloved.
NOW we do have a "secret ballot" on election day - so no one knows whether you voted for them or not. AND because you start feeling unloved -
you start getting paranoid - does "X" know I didn't vote for them ? Or has "X" made an assumption that I didn't vote for them because of the
colour of my skin, the clothes I wear,my hair colour, my religious beliefs (if any), etc.
AND NOW a new set of rules kick in - which for brevity we will call post-election rules.
No longer are the children or spouse of the candidate "public property" - but any intrusion into their lives is a disgraceful breach of privacy - an
act which harms their children who are sitting for exams etc. Indeed, they become off-limits and "private property".
You don't get telephone calls from politicians any more - indeed if you ring them, they are never in their office when you call.
SO you decide to keep it at arms length - you will put your concerns in writing, which you do. AND you wait- and you wait - but never get a reply.
Maybe the politicians are too busy listening to the people to have time to answer ?
THE only thing you have to console yourself with is the knowledge that the election cycle will come around again. AND so you decide for the 3
month period prior to the next election, you won't read election material - you will just bin it, you will impolitely slam the door in the face of any
door-knockers, you will take the telephone off the hook when you are asleep, you won't go near a train station (except under cover of darkness)
and you will lock your children up.
CAUTION :
There are some exceptions to the general rule.
There are those that acknowledge receipt but never follow up with an actual answer.
Then there are those that actually answer. They come in two varieties. The first type is the nonsense answer . The second type is an actual
answer to the question query etc that provides useful information. If you find one of this type, you have hit "gold".
Oh joy . I don't mind an honest answer - "get stuffed - you are an idiot' (sometimes it says more about the person giving the answer than the
person who asked the question ) but at least you know where you stand. Having no answer - is much worse.
IF some-one says these comments are unfair - because it tars all politicians with the same brush, I accept the criticism. My only alternative is to
name names. I will only do that if pushed hard enough.
READING :
Richard Ackland , High Court ponders World Youth Day largesse , Sydney Morning Herald, 27 June 2008.
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You have to love politicians !!!
Around about election time - they court you.
Your letter box will be stuffed with glossy brochures, all about them. The brochure will open up their private lives to you - with happy snaps of
them, their spouse, children, them with groups of young people, attending functions etc. The brochure tells you how committed they are to
serving the electorate and listening to you. If you are really lucky, your door will be knocked and a brochure hand delivered.
IF you happen to be walking down the street, or particularly near a railway station, you will greeted as a long lost friend, glad handed and
slapped on the back. If you have children with you - they will come in for special attention - especially if media photographers are nearby.
They even come uninvited into your home - via the TV set, interrupting your evenings relaxation.
SOMETIMES - they will make personal phone calls to you. We were very lucky on the day before the federal election to receive not one, not two
but three telephone calls from George Newhouse about polling day the next day.
HOWEVER, after election day - somehow you start to feel unloved.
NOW we do have a "secret ballot" on election day - so no one knows whether you voted for them or not. AND because you start feeling unloved -
you start getting paranoid - does "X" know I didn't vote for them ? Or has "X" made an assumption that I didn't vote for them because of the
colour of my skin, the clothes I wear,my hair colour, my religious beliefs (if any), etc.
AND NOW a new set of rules kick in - which for brevity we will call post-election rules.
No longer are the children or spouse of the candidate "public property" - but any intrusion into their lives is a disgraceful breach of privacy - an
act which harms their children who are sitting for exams etc. Indeed, they become off-limits and "private property".
You don't get telephone calls from politicians any more - indeed if you ring them, they are never in their office when you call.
SO you decide to keep it at arms length - you will put your concerns in writing, which you do. AND you wait- and you wait - but never get a reply.
Maybe the politicians are too busy listening to the people to have time to answer ?
THE only thing you have to console yourself with is the knowledge that the election cycle will come around again. AND so you decide for the 3
month period prior to the next election, you won't read election material - you will just bin it, you will impolitely slam the door in the face of any
door-knockers, you will take the telephone off the hook when you are asleep, you won't go near a train station (except under cover of darkness)
and you will lock your children up.
CAUTION :
There are some exceptions to the general rule.
There are those that acknowledge receipt but never follow up with an actual answer.
Then there are those that actually answer. They come in two varieties. The first type is the nonsense answer . The second type is an actual
answer to the question query etc that provides useful information. If you find one of this type, you have hit "gold".
Oh joy . I don't mind an honest answer - "get stuffed - you are an idiot' (sometimes it says more about the person giving the answer than the
person who asked the question ) but at least you know where you stand. Having no answer - is much worse.
IF some-one says these comments are unfair - because it tars all politicians with the same brush, I accept the criticism. My only alternative is to
name names. I will only do that if pushed hard enough.
READING :
Richard Ackland , High Court ponders World Youth Day largesse , Sydney Morning Herald, 27 June 2008.
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NOTHING LIKE A HANGING TO CONCENTRATE THE MIND
They say that a forthcoming "hanging" concentrates the mind on the things that matter.
The Pacific Highway upgrade has been a matter which has been cynically exploited by NSW Labor for years - for it's
own base political purposes.
Indeed, it was the cause of arguably the most disgraceful behaviour in the NSW parliament in memory. The infamous
attempted garrotting of the Roads minister at the time was disgraceful for 3 reasons.
1. In the circumstances, the attack launched by the Roads Minister on an MP was disgraceful.
2. The attempted "garrotting" was disgraceful.
3. The parliament's reaction to the incident was a disgraceful one. Indeed it highlighted the political "baseness" of the original attack. The
attempted "garrotter" should have been expelled from parliament. However, the Iemma government decided on a weak 'suspension' for a few
weeks. Why ? Because it knew that the MP would contest the by-election and win that in a mountain-slide. IT has been reported that after
returning to his electorate with his tail between his legs, he received an unexpected hero's welcome. The original attack by the Minister did not
anticipate that happening. IT was an attempt to blame the woes of the Pacific Highway on the local MP, hopefully to see him replaced at the
general election by it's "preferred" candidate.
ANYWAY - with the Iguana Joes affair hanging over parliament , NSW Labor, desperate to divert attention away from it, on 25 June 2008 elected
to discuss in parliament the Pacific Highway. That is excellent - it is about time the parliament turned it's attention to some real issues.
Soon the Police investigation will be completed. We predict no charges will be laid against John Della Bosca. IT is then Premier Morris Iemma will
have to explain what standards he sets for ministerial behaviour. IT is difficult to imagine what explanation he will give. To date his explanations of
his rules for ministerial behaviour have been inconsistent - both in theory and in the way he has applied them.
Whilst some have claimed the Iguana Joes affair is the cause of the Iemma government's woes in the polls, Iguana Joes is not the cause of the
problem - it is merely a symptom of an underlying problem.
Even the Labor government spinmeisters are being frustrated by Iguana Joes. Spinmeisters were instructed in January to treat 2008 as an
"election year" and to get the "good news" stories on the front page. It has been reported : While the world was collapsing around him
yesterday, Mr Iemma's communications director was telephoning radio newsrooms to see why they were not running a story on a $20
million virology centre that was being opened and had been announced in Parliament.
IT seems, like that famous line from the joke Maria's wedding night :
Stand back Maria, this is a job for the Momma.
SOURCES :
NSW LA HANSARD, Consideration of Motions to be Accorded Priority , 25 June 2008.
NSW LA HANSARD , Pacific Highway Upgrade , 25 June 2008.
Andrew Clennell, Morris horribilis: Iemma looks stuffed , Sydney Morning Herald, 26 June 2008.
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They say that a forthcoming "hanging" concentrates the mind on the things that matter.
The Pacific Highway upgrade has been a matter which has been cynically exploited by NSW Labor for years - for it's
own base political purposes.
Indeed, it was the cause of arguably the most disgraceful behaviour in the NSW parliament in memory. The infamous
attempted garrotting of the Roads minister at the time was disgraceful for 3 reasons.
1. In the circumstances, the attack launched by the Roads Minister on an MP was disgraceful.
2. The attempted "garrotting" was disgraceful.
3. The parliament's reaction to the incident was a disgraceful one. Indeed it highlighted the political "baseness" of the original attack. The
attempted "garrotter" should have been expelled from parliament. However, the Iemma government decided on a weak 'suspension' for a few
weeks. Why ? Because it knew that the MP would contest the by-election and win that in a mountain-slide. IT has been reported that after
returning to his electorate with his tail between his legs, he received an unexpected hero's welcome. The original attack by the Minister did not
anticipate that happening. IT was an attempt to blame the woes of the Pacific Highway on the local MP, hopefully to see him replaced at the
general election by it's "preferred" candidate.
ANYWAY - with the Iguana Joes affair hanging over parliament , NSW Labor, desperate to divert attention away from it, on 25 June 2008 elected
to discuss in parliament the Pacific Highway. That is excellent - it is about time the parliament turned it's attention to some real issues.
Soon the Police investigation will be completed. We predict no charges will be laid against John Della Bosca. IT is then Premier Morris Iemma will
have to explain what standards he sets for ministerial behaviour. IT is difficult to imagine what explanation he will give. To date his explanations of
his rules for ministerial behaviour have been inconsistent - both in theory and in the way he has applied them.
Whilst some have claimed the Iguana Joes affair is the cause of the Iemma government's woes in the polls, Iguana Joes is not the cause of the
problem - it is merely a symptom of an underlying problem.
Even the Labor government spinmeisters are being frustrated by Iguana Joes. Spinmeisters were instructed in January to treat 2008 as an
"election year" and to get the "good news" stories on the front page. It has been reported : While the world was collapsing around him
yesterday, Mr Iemma's communications director was telephoning radio newsrooms to see why they were not running a story on a $20
million virology centre that was being opened and had been announced in Parliament.
IT seems, like that famous line from the joke Maria's wedding night :
Stand back Maria, this is a job for the Momma.
SOURCES :
NSW LA HANSARD, Consideration of Motions to be Accorded Priority , 25 June 2008.
NSW LA HANSARD , Pacific Highway Upgrade , 25 June 2008.
Andrew Clennell, Morris horribilis: Iemma looks stuffed , Sydney Morning Herald, 26 June 2008.
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ACADEMIC's "CHEAP SHOT"
Richard Torbay MP claims that calls, by University of New England academic Dr Tony Ramsay- a Lecturer in
Economic History, for Mr Torbay to stand aside from involvement in the squabble between the
Chancellor John Cassidy and Vice-Chancellor Professor Pettigrew, as a "cheap-shot".
Dr Ramsay said :
“Public records demonstrate that Mr Torbay has received financial support from Mr Cassidy to the tune of $26,245 since 2003, which
raises questions about impartiality. While Mr Torbay had every right to receive electoral assistance in the last two elections, which he
rightly declared, this pecuniary interest potentially establishes a conflict of interest.”
Mr Cassidy was formerly a heavyweight with the Abigroup company.
One definition of "cheap shot" is : - an unnecessarily aggressive and unfair remark directed at a defenseless person OR An unfair or unsporting
verbal attack on a vulnerable target.
SOURCES :
The FreeDictionary , [ ONLINE ]
Torbay’s role in UNE drama questioned , Armidale Express, 25 June 2008.
FULL COUNCIL SORTS OUT TERMS OF REFERENCE 'BUN-FIGHT' , JUNE 2008 PAGES page 20, www.independent-nsw.com
BUNFIGHT OVER TERMS OF REFERENCE , JUNE 2008 PAGES page 16 , www.independent-nsw.com
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Richard Torbay MP claims that calls, by University of New England academic Dr Tony Ramsay- a Lecturer in
Economic History, for Mr Torbay to stand aside from involvement in the squabble between the
Chancellor John Cassidy and Vice-Chancellor Professor Pettigrew, as a "cheap-shot".
Dr Ramsay said :
“Public records demonstrate that Mr Torbay has received financial support from Mr Cassidy to the tune of $26,245 since 2003, which
raises questions about impartiality. While Mr Torbay had every right to receive electoral assistance in the last two elections, which he
rightly declared, this pecuniary interest potentially establishes a conflict of interest.”
Mr Cassidy was formerly a heavyweight with the Abigroup company.
One definition of "cheap shot" is : - an unnecessarily aggressive and unfair remark directed at a defenseless person OR An unfair or unsporting
verbal attack on a vulnerable target.
SOURCES :
The FreeDictionary , [ ONLINE ]
Torbay’s role in UNE drama questioned , Armidale Express, 25 June 2008.
FULL COUNCIL SORTS OUT TERMS OF REFERENCE 'BUN-FIGHT' , JUNE 2008 PAGES page 20, www.independent-nsw.com
BUNFIGHT OVER TERMS OF REFERENCE , JUNE 2008 PAGES page 16 , www.independent-nsw.com
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WHAT's WRONG WITH NSW HEALTH
The problem with NSW is not that the Health Minister is currently in ill-health.
The problem with NSW Health is not that the staff at the hospitals are anything other than wonderful.
The problem with NSW Health, inter alia, is that :-
* It is being run by a government that does not provide adequate resources to Hospitals, causing caring staff to be unable to meet required
benchmarks in Emergency departments
* It is run by a government that deliberately creates false expectations for base political gain
* It is run by a government that prefers spin over substance.
* It is run by a government that, out of base political motives,allocates resources inequitably.
* It is run by a government that has to be brought (screaming and kicking ) into action.
* It is run by a government more interested in self-promotion, than caring for people.
SOURCES :
NSW LA HANSARD , Representation of Minister Absent During Questions , 25 June 2008.
Treated like a queen , Northern Daily Leader, 26 June 2008.
LABOR TRIFECTA - CASH BACK , SPIT-BRIDGE & TAMWORTH HOSPITAL ??? , JUNE 2008 PAGES page 31.
The Royal North Shore Hospital (Inquiry) , [ ONLINE ]
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The problem with NSW is not that the Health Minister is currently in ill-health.
The problem with NSW Health is not that the staff at the hospitals are anything other than wonderful.
The problem with NSW Health, inter alia, is that :-
* It is being run by a government that does not provide adequate resources to Hospitals, causing caring staff to be unable to meet required
benchmarks in Emergency departments
* It is run by a government that deliberately creates false expectations for base political gain
* It is run by a government that prefers spin over substance.
* It is run by a government that, out of base political motives,allocates resources inequitably.
* It is run by a government that has to be brought (screaming and kicking ) into action.
* It is run by a government more interested in self-promotion, than caring for people.
SOURCES :
NSW LA HANSARD , Representation of Minister Absent During Questions , 25 June 2008.
Treated like a queen , Northern Daily Leader, 26 June 2008.
LABOR TRIFECTA - CASH BACK , SPIT-BRIDGE & TAMWORTH HOSPITAL ??? , JUNE 2008 PAGES page 31.
The Royal North Shore Hospital (Inquiry) , [ ONLINE ]
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KEPT IN THE DARK and FED BULL***T
We spoke earlier about the fact that we were unable to discover anything about the body conducting the Rural Impact Statement
into the electricity sell-off { AS USEFUL AS A POCKET IN A SINGLET , June Pages page 30} or how one could make submissions
to it. As at 26 June 2008 the government has still not put any information up on it's Sell-Off website [ ONLINE ].
Anyway, drip by drip, a little bit of information is coming out.
They (presumably the cat's mother ?) will consult with " Everybody, including Opposition members and members of The Nationals "
but "The consultation process for developing this statement will include peak groups, such as the Council of Social Service of New South Wales,
the Country Women's Association, the New South Wales Farmers' Association, the Local Government and Shires Association, and the Hunter
and Illawarra business chambers. Clearly, it will consult with representatives of rural communities as much as representatives of other parts of
this State." and also "the Mid North Coast Business Chamber, the Central West Business Chamber, the Northern Rivers Business Chamber and
the Riverina Business Chamber."
SO we know who will be consulted but we don't know how unnamed people/organisations can participate or correspond with "them" (whoever
they might be).
WE are fearful that this might end up like the Canadian Wheat Board debacle where one side accuses one poll of being significantly flawed
because the only people who were allowed a vote were people holding Wheat Board grower books, and the other side complains that the
government 'plebiscite' only consulted with large companies and grain merchants [ see : WHEAT BOARDS BEING GRINDED , June Pages
page 31 ].
OH well, we will write to the Premier to see what further information we can get to our queries as to who they are, what are their terms of
reference and how do people contact them to make submissions. Mind you, in light of our article above [ YOU HAVE TO LOVE POLITICIANS ] we
will not be holding our breath waiting for a reply.
SOURCES :
NSW LA HANSARD , Business of the House , 25 June 2008.
Country people to have their say on power sell-off , Northern Daily Leader, 27 June 2008.
NOW SEE : Rural Impact Statement - for details of who, when and how submissions will be taken
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We spoke earlier about the fact that we were unable to discover anything about the body conducting the Rural Impact Statement
into the electricity sell-off { AS USEFUL AS A POCKET IN A SINGLET , June Pages page 30} or how one could make submissions
to it. As at 26 June 2008 the government has still not put any information up on it's Sell-Off website [ ONLINE ].
Anyway, drip by drip, a little bit of information is coming out.
They (presumably the cat's mother ?) will consult with " Everybody, including Opposition members and members of The Nationals "
but "The consultation process for developing this statement will include peak groups, such as the Council of Social Service of New South Wales,
the Country Women's Association, the New South Wales Farmers' Association, the Local Government and Shires Association, and the Hunter
and Illawarra business chambers. Clearly, it will consult with representatives of rural communities as much as representatives of other parts of
this State." and also "the Mid North Coast Business Chamber, the Central West Business Chamber, the Northern Rivers Business Chamber and
the Riverina Business Chamber."
SO we know who will be consulted but we don't know how unnamed people/organisations can participate or correspond with "them" (whoever
they might be).
WE are fearful that this might end up like the Canadian Wheat Board debacle where one side accuses one poll of being significantly flawed
because the only people who were allowed a vote were people holding Wheat Board grower books, and the other side complains that the
government 'plebiscite' only consulted with large companies and grain merchants [ see : WHEAT BOARDS BEING GRINDED , June Pages
page 31 ].
OH well, we will write to the Premier to see what further information we can get to our queries as to who they are, what are their terms of
reference and how do people contact them to make submissions. Mind you, in light of our article above [ YOU HAVE TO LOVE POLITICIANS ] we
will not be holding our breath waiting for a reply.
SOURCES :
NSW LA HANSARD , Business of the House , 25 June 2008.
Country people to have their say on power sell-off , Northern Daily Leader, 27 June 2008.
NOW SEE : Rural Impact Statement - for details of who, when and how submissions will be taken
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CHETWYND's 'CHILDISH' BEHAVIOUR
Councillor Brian Chetwynd walked out of another meeting of Armidale Dumaresq Council - which temporarily left the Council unable to transact
business for a short period of time.
Council elections are on 12 September 2008.
Only a very cynical person would suggest that by failing to participate in the democratic process, Mr Chetwynd was raising his personal profile for
the forthcoming democratic elections.
SOURCE :
ABC NEWS, Disorder at Armidale council NERAM meeting , 26 June 2008.
Alysia Ferguson, Council walkout over NERAM , Northern Daily Leader , 27 June 2008 .
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Councillor Brian Chetwynd walked out of another meeting of Armidale Dumaresq Council - which temporarily left the Council unable to transact
business for a short period of time.
Council elections are on 12 September 2008.
Only a very cynical person would suggest that by failing to participate in the democratic process, Mr Chetwynd was raising his personal profile for
the forthcoming democratic elections.
SOURCE :
ABC NEWS, Disorder at Armidale council NERAM meeting , 26 June 2008.
Alysia Ferguson, Council walkout over NERAM , Northern Daily Leader , 27 June 2008 .
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FREUDIAN SLIP - ' DRAPER WAS LABOR's CANDIDATE' - IEMMA
The pressure of trying to secure "power" for himself is apparently getting to Premier Morris Iemma.
Answering a question relating to Tamworth Hospital on 26 June 2008, Mr Iemma indicated that
Peter Draper MP was Labor's candidate in Tamworth in the 2007 election.
The Premier insists that construction of the Tamworth Hospital will be commenced before the next
election.
His answer has not resolved the conflict between the Treasurer and the Premier over this issue -
and accordingly the community still remain in the "dark " as to what the truth is.
SOURCES :
NSW LA HANSARD , Tamworth Hospital Redevelopment , 26 June 2008.
NSW LC Hansard, Question : Tamworth Hospital , 24 June 2008.
ABC NEWS, Iemma offers Tamworth teaching hospital assurance , 27 June 2008.
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The pressure of trying to secure "power" for himself is apparently getting to Premier Morris Iemma.
Answering a question relating to Tamworth Hospital on 26 June 2008, Mr Iemma indicated that
Peter Draper MP was Labor's candidate in Tamworth in the 2007 election.
The Premier insists that construction of the Tamworth Hospital will be commenced before the next
election.
His answer has not resolved the conflict between the Treasurer and the Premier over this issue -
and accordingly the community still remain in the "dark " as to what the truth is.
SOURCES :
NSW LA HANSARD , Tamworth Hospital Redevelopment , 26 June 2008.
NSW LC Hansard, Question : Tamworth Hospital , 24 June 2008.
ABC NEWS, Iemma offers Tamworth teaching hospital assurance , 27 June 2008.
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PARLIAMENT ELECTS TO DISCUSS 'POLICY' INSTEAD OF LEADERSHIP
Angela D'Amore (Drummoyne) urged the parliament to discuss policy relating to graffiti , rather than ministerial
standards on 26 June 2008.
She indicated that it was important to have policy discussions. She urged the parliament to have a frank and open
discussion relating to graffiti policy.
In a most impressive speech, alternate Premier, Barry O'Farrell wanted to debate ministerial standards and leadership. His speech was
impressive as it was clear he grasped the foundational problems facing NSW. In a succinct way he summarised the problems in NSW - a lack of
leadership and ministerial standards was distracting NSW from getting on with the job and addressing the real problems confronting NSW.
By force of numbers, NSW Labor ensured the parliament discussed graffiti rather than leadership.
The debate was rubbish - despite promising so much. Rather than discussing policy, Angela D'Amore turned the debate into yet another NSW
Labor sledge against alternate Attorney-General Greg Smith (Epping).
We personally find it "most interesting" that Ms D'Amore should now takes an interest in an "open discussion" on policy. She has not exhibited
the same passion for "policy discussion" in our dealings with her, as she did in the chamber on 26 June 2008. Perhaps, in reality, it was a cynical
attempt to divert attention away from the foundational problems facing NSW.
SOURCES :
NSW LA Hansard, Consideration of Motions to be Accorded Priority , 26 June 2008.
NSW LA Hansard, Graffiti: Opposition Policy , 26 June 2008.
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Angela D'Amore (Drummoyne) urged the parliament to discuss policy relating to graffiti , rather than ministerial
standards on 26 June 2008.
She indicated that it was important to have policy discussions. She urged the parliament to have a frank and open
discussion relating to graffiti policy.
In a most impressive speech, alternate Premier, Barry O'Farrell wanted to debate ministerial standards and leadership. His speech was
impressive as it was clear he grasped the foundational problems facing NSW. In a succinct way he summarised the problems in NSW - a lack of
leadership and ministerial standards was distracting NSW from getting on with the job and addressing the real problems confronting NSW.
By force of numbers, NSW Labor ensured the parliament discussed graffiti rather than leadership.
The debate was rubbish - despite promising so much. Rather than discussing policy, Angela D'Amore turned the debate into yet another NSW
Labor sledge against alternate Attorney-General Greg Smith (Epping).
We personally find it "most interesting" that Ms D'Amore should now takes an interest in an "open discussion" on policy. She has not exhibited
the same passion for "policy discussion" in our dealings with her, as she did in the chamber on 26 June 2008. Perhaps, in reality, it was a cynical
attempt to divert attention away from the foundational problems facing NSW.
SOURCES :
NSW LA Hansard, Consideration of Motions to be Accorded Priority , 26 June 2008.
NSW LA Hansard, Graffiti: Opposition Policy , 26 June 2008.
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