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Mr LATHAM
—Why is the member for Macarthur (Mr Fahey) misleading people in his electorate about the government's policy on Holsworthy airport?
Mr ACTING SPEAKER
—Order! You might recall that that should be a substantive motion if you are going to accuse members of misleading?
Mr LATHAM
—People in his electorate? Why has he written to the Macarthur Advertiser claiming that `ownership of the land is irrelevant' in the government's examination of Holsworthy? In this House on 27 May the Minister for Transport and Regional Development, Mr Sharp, said that if the government:
. . . wanted to minimise the delays that would be incurred if Badgerys Creek got a negative EIS, the only way you could go about it was to look at alternative sites that were currently 100 per cent owned by the Commonwealth.
That is, according to Mr Sharp, the Commonwealth's ownership of land at Holsworthy was all important to the government's decision.
Why has the member for Macarthur claimed in his letter to the editor, `It may well be that at the conclusion of the EIS process neither site is shown to be suitable'? In this House on 21 May, the Minister for Transport and Regional Development said:
Our actions are designed to guarantee that, if an EIS study on Badgerys Creek proves a negative outcome . . . this government has an alternative to move without further delay.
Not only that, but the Prime Minister (Mr Howard) himself has declared in a newsletter to his electorate:
Sydney is to be guaranteed a second international airport regardless of the outcome of the EIS at Badgerys Creek.
Either the member for Macarthur is not telling the truth to his constituents or he is inferring that the Prime Minister is not telling the truth to his. Even more serious, the member for Macarthur has been directly contradicted—not once but twice—by the minister for transport, Mr Sharp, in the minister's answers to the House on this subject. (Time expired)