ACT Liberal Senator, Gary Humphries, is getting more desperate as today saw him unreasonably criticise the ACT Government’s water plan without having lifted a finger himself when he had the opportunity as Chief Minister of the ACT.
As Senator Humphries knows very well that while he was a member of the ACT Liberal Government and Chief Minister, he did not invest ACTEW dividends in water infrastructure and failed to plan for Canberra’s water supplies into the future.
The ACT Government has been recognised as “forward thinking” in its approach to water conservation by Di Jay, CEO of the Planning Institute Australia, while Humphries stands back and criticises without demonstrating any forward thinking of his own.
Senator Humphries swipe at the ACT Government is typical of the Howard Government’s ‘just blame the states and territories strategy to everything.
A Federal Labor Government will end the blame game and work with our states and territories to plan for Australia’s future.
Humphries is also displaying an increasingly shrill tendency to beat up his misleading fear campaign about Canberra’s future when on morning radio today.
This from a Senator who sat back and watched impassively as Canberra’s economy was gutted by the newly elected Howard Government in 1996 and 1997. Even his predecessor Margaret Reid had the good sense to distance herself.
Humphries is more interested in playing Howard’s ‘blame game’ and beating up his own scare campaign than standing up for Canberra and planning for Australia’s future.
Contact: Rachel Allen – 6230 0411 or 0418 488 295
