Parliamentary record : Part I debates (27 February 1990)
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1990-02-27
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DEBATES - Tuesday 27 February 1990 admission from the honourable minister is that he does not believe that a national system of road rules is to this country's general benefit. I would have to think that, for even the most average minister of the Crown to come out with those 3 utterances within 10 minutes of ... Mr Finch: Why don't you talk to the Labor ministers as well, even those that have these things? Mr LEO: In 10 minutes, he has made 3 classic utterances: we do not want $5m; these proposals, taken in toto, will not reduce road deaths; and, he does not believe that a national road safety system will assist this country. I would say that those 3 utterances by the minister would have to stand in time as the most amazing utterances that any minister could offer to any parliament in Australia or elsewhere in the world. Mr Finch: Tell us quietly why they would. Mr LEO: That is so puerile. That is so venal and so absolutely ridiculous that I honestly doubted that even this minister, whose gymnastic ability is well known, could do it. The contortions of this minister and his capacity to keep putting his foot in his mouth are incredible. No contortionist in the world could ever achieve what this minister manages hourly in this House. He does it continuously. I I do not want $5m, I do not want to save lives, and I do not believe in a national road safety system ' . Mr Finch: I did not say that at all. Mr LEO: That is what he said. Mr Finch: No, I did not. Mr LEO: You are a disgrace to your portfolio. You are a disgrace to thi sHouse, and you do not serve the res i dents of the Northern Territory well. Those are 3 answers that I did not believe that any person in this House could give. I do not give a damn about political bias. I do not give a damn about Helen Galton's chances of success in the forthcoming federal election. I am concerned about people on the roads in the Northern Territory. The minister does not care about people on the roads in the Northern Territory. Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER: Order! Mr LEO: He is too busy trying to prop up a bloody hack. That is all he is about. Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER: Order! Mr LEO: Yes, I withdraw, Mr Deputy Speaker. That is all he is about. He is not interested in road safety. He is not interested in the people of the Northern Territory. He is interested in propping a hack. Mr Vale: Neither are you. You are going to Queensland! Mr LEO: I can assure you that, unlike a previous Chief Minister, I will not be goi ng there unt 11 I am out of thi sHouse. I will not be accept i n9 8793