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I strongly support the motion before the House, particularly after hearing the contribution of the Leader of the Opposition. It is one of the worst contributions I have heard in this House in almost 12 years. I am appalled and shocked at what I just heard. I support this motion that we censure the Leader of the Opposition for permitting parliamentary privilege to be abused by members of the Opposition. I censure the honourable member for Gosford for his outrageous, disgraceful and despicable slander of the Lord Mayor. What we saw yesterday and what we have seen today is a gross misuse of parliamentary privilege. As it is only three days before a critical city council election the action is despicable.

This is just the latest act of party-political desperation that has been brought to us by the same production team that gave us the 2.00 a.m. superannuation scam and the Peter Collins back stab. I believe that the letter referred to in the article in this morning's Sydney Morning Herald referring to the 1992 complaint that has since been withdrawn was also the result of a political set-up to which the Lord Mayor has been subjected. The community is disgusted with this ruthless, unprincipled, desperate and foolish party action. It sees such desperate acts and judges them accordingly.

When people go to vote they look at the candidates and the credibility they have built up through their term in office. Voters also look at the achievements and commitments of the candidates. Before elections I have been regularly subjected to the sort of thing we have seen today, and I regularly receive a response from the community about those actions. I have known Frank Sartor since 1980. I knew him as a resident activist and a colleague on the former city council, and when he was the director of the Public Accounts Committee of this Parliament. I have also known him as a councillor and Lord Mayor of the reconfigured city council for the past eight years.

Honourable members know that over the years I have not agreed with Frank Sartor on certain issues, but I should like to say in his defence today that I believe he is incredibly energetic, competent and dedicated. Frank Sartor's achievements over the past eight years are formidable. It is extraordinary for the honourable member for Gosford and the Leader of the Opposition to seek to destroy the reputation that has been built up in public life over those years. Although I think Frank Sartor's achievements over the past eight years have been formidable, I have strongly condemned his approach to the Cook and Phillip Park project and the street furniture deal. I am critical of both the process and those projects themselves. However, I believe the 10,000 people who will vote on Saturday will look at the achievements -

Mr R. H. L. Smith: We are talking about something fairly serious.

We are talking about something fairly serious and I shall try to set the record straight. We have had the most outrageous political attack, for political purposes, on someone's achievements, integrity and considerable contribution to public life in this city. One needs only to look at the documents recently produced by Sydney City Council. I speak as a former city councillor and I am therefore in a very good position to assess Frank Sartor's contribution. I appreciate that members of the Coalition are not really interested in that contribution to the city, but the people of the city of Sydney are very interested.

Mr O'Farrell: No, we are interested in getting to the bottom of it.

You are just despicable. You are one of the people who have been involved in this. You might laugh because you do not think it is important or serious to destroy someone's reputation and character. The Deputy Leader of the Opposition will have the opportunity to speak in this debate if he wishes, but I object very much to his interjection on such a serious matter. I would like to remind the House of the considerable achievements of Frank Sartor over the last eight years in terms of budget reform, dramatic planning reform, the contribution to public safety and -

Mr O'Farrell: On a point of order: We are debating a censure motion against the Leader of the Opposition. The Government has claimed that she has abused parliamentary privilege. In turn the Leader of the Opposition has moved an amendment in relation to the non-city activities of the Lord Mayor. It is terrific to have the honourable member for Bligh listing the Lord Mayor's credits but can we go to the heart of the matter, which relates to allegations of sexual harassment and a desire by this side of Parliament for those matters to be investigated?

Mr SPEAKER: Order! There is no point of order.

Of course the Opposition does not want me to talk about Frank Sartor's achievements and contribution. The very purpose of the scurrilous attack on his reputation three days before an election is to try to minimise his opportunity at the election and to help the Liberal candidate, Kathryn Greiner, who is, as the Premier properly said, backed and supported by Michael Yabsley and the developers from the big end of town, who do not support the proper planning processes that Frank Sartor has put in place over the past eight years. I pay tribute to Frank Sartor's contribution and to his achievements. I refer to the statement that the Lord Mayor made yesterday in response to this scurrilous and unsubstantiated attack on his reputation.

Opposition members do not think it is important that they seek to destroy someone's reputation in this Chamber but we would all agree that the most important thing we have in life is our reputation. The Leader of the Opposition today spoke without any evidence or substance about a variety of women. She referred to phone calls she had this morning, totally unsubstantiated. If she was so concerned about this matter why did she not raise it when she was Minister for Women?

If Kathryn Greiner is so concerned about this why has she not raised it in the city council? Why is it being raised three days before an election without any substance or any evidence even though the Auditor-General, the director of the local government department and the President of the Anti-Discrimination Board have all said that there is no evidence there? Opposition members claim to have evidence from unnamed sources. Members can say anything in this Chamber about other members or people outside the Chamber if they are totally without character themselves. Would we do it? I would like to think that the majority of us would not do it but we have seen the Leader of the Opposition do it today and we saw the member for Gosford do it yesterday.

Mr Hartcher: Oh!

He jokes about it. He does not really care about the unprincipled things he does. He thinks it is all right in this Chamber to destroy someone's reputation. How is Frank Sartor feeling today? How is his family feeling today? I would suggest that they would be feeling very depressed and shattered. Michael Yabsley once did that sort of thing to me in this place. He made totally unsubstantiated allegations. Members might remember that he hid when the television cameras were on and he had to withdraw and apologise because the allegations were unsubstantiated.

In the 12 years I have been a member this is a new low, and that is saying something. I am so disappointed in the honourable member for Gosford and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition. It shows that that little group — the super scam, the Collins backstab, the Sartor reputation destruction, all these little efforts — will do anything for political purposes. It indicates to us that they are without principle. They will take any step to achieve their political ends. It is absolutely disgraceful. I hope that on Saturday, after the election, Sydney will continue to benefit from the dedicated energy and competence of Frank Sartor and his Living Sydney team. I call upon the Leader of the Opposition to apologise unreservedly to this House and to Frank Sartor.