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in over two years. Mr Wood recently said that these would cause certain community groups to fold. I want to refer to some of the increases.
Mr Moore: I rise on a point of order, Mr Speaker. On many occasions we heard the current Chief Minister, as Leader of the Opposition, complain about the previous Government using this as a time for making statements, as opposed to a time for answering questions. What we hear is a government statement, not answering a question.
MR SPEAKER: Thank you, Mr Moore. It appears - - -
MR HUMPHRIES: Mr Speaker, it is clearly an answer to a question asked by a member about Mr Woods' comments on school community hiring charges, and I propose to answer that question.
MR SPEAKER: Please proceed.
Mr Moore: Mr Speaker, your ruling on the point of order?
MR SPEAKER: Thank you, Mr Moore. Please proceed, Mr Humphries.
MR HUMPHRIES: Mr Speaker, the increases to which Mr Jensen has referred are very small: for example, individual school rooms in category B increasing from $10 to $11; in category C, from $10 to $11; community use of category D school rooms, $6 to $7; secondary school theatres, with sound projection or lighting, from $71 to $76; without that sound projection or lighting, it is $43 to $46. For the most part, the increases are not great at nominated schools, as they are in line with the CPI. I believe it would be inappropriate for anyone to criticise governments for making increases of that order to effect a better use of school resources for educational purposes.
National Capital Plan
MRS GRASSBY: I would like to ask the Chief Minister a question. On 21 December, in a letter to the National Capital Planning Authority, the Residents Rally party stated - and I quote from it - that it supported the intrusion into local affairs by the NCPA. Does your Government agree with this position?
MR KAINE: Mr Speaker, I would even suggest that the question is improper in that I am not the Minister for the Residents Rally and I do not believe that I should answer in terms of what the Residents Rally says or does.
MRS GRASSBY: I ask a supplementary question of Mr Kaine. What should be the relative roles of the NCPA and the Interim Territory Planning Authority in relation to local affairs?
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