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Question so resolved in the negative.
PUBLIC HOSPITAL SYSTEM AND MITCHELL HEALTH SERVICES SUPPLY CENTRE
MR HUMPHRIES (Minister for Health, Education and the Arts): Mr Speaker, I seek leave of the Assembly to make a ministerial statement on the implementation of Government plans for the redevelopment of the public hospital system and the corporatisation of the Mitchell Health Services Supply Centre.
Leave not granted.
Suspension of Standing and Temporary Orders
Motion (by Mr Humphries) proposed:
That so much of the standing and temporary orders be suspended as would prevent Mr Humphries making a statement on the implementation of Government plans for the redevelopment of the public hospital system and the corporatisation of the Mitchell Health Services Supply Centre.
MR BERRY: At the risk of going over old ground - - -
Mr Collaery: You have done it three times.
MR BERRY: Well, Mr Speaker, it needs to be drawn to the attention of the members opposite over and over again. They are rather thick, and it does take a little time, but there is an issue of public concern that needs to be debated. While I stand in this Assembly and while matters of such public importance lie before the Assembly, or are about to lie before the Assembly, I will continually rise to draw this to the attention of the Government members opposite. I will not back away from it, not ever. It is in the public interest for it to be debated and for all of the issues to come out in the open. It is also in the public interest that the behaviour of the Government members opposite is highlighted. It is in the public interest to ensure that the community, the ACT residents, see this Government opposite, which is scurrying away from its responsibilities, being open to public scrutiny in relation to ministerial behaviour.
I have to say, Mr Speaker, that nobody in Labor's ranks gets much joy out of the predicament in which two members of the Government opposite found themselves, but the issue is that they are in responsible positions and the community demands high standards. The community also deserves to be
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