Ken Ticehurst (Dobell, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I would like to draw to the attention of the House Labor’s mismanagement of part of my electorate: the areas of Toukley, Noraville, Norah Head and Canton Beach. The state Labor government now want to put a fourth methadone clinic into Toukley. We already have three there, and it is leading to a lot of antisocial behaviour. We do not have sufficient police resources there to control behaviour, particularly at weekends.

I have written to the relevant state minister, Reba Meagher, to tell her to ensure that this does not go ahead. The concern that people have is this: if we have wall-to-wall Labor governments in our area, and if I am not re-elected in the area of Dobell, we will have compliant Labor members letting the state government get off the hook on all sorts of issues, and it is really not good enough. We need somebody who is going to stand up for people in the Toukley area and make sure that their concerns are heard and that the state Labor government and a Labor federal government, if it ever happens, do not go ahead with these things without consulting constituents.