Page 3777 - Week 13 - Tuesday, 8 November 1994
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MADAM SPEAKER: Order! Mr Lamont is quite correct. I refer members of the Opposition to the standing orders on supplementary questions. Mr Connolly, you may answer the supplementary if you choose.
MR CONNOLLY: Madam Speaker, again, we are fully open; we are fully honest. Whenever we have been asked what we thought the costs of the capital works for the hospice would be, we have given an honest answer as to what we thought the costs of the capital works for the hospice would be. When we were asked during the estimates process for the latest update on the costs of the capital works for the hospice, we gave you the honest answer, which is, as it is now, because - - -
Mr De Domenico: Who was right - you or Mr Berry?
MR CONNOLLY: That is a trite and foolish question which shows the shallow and facile nature of this whingeing, whining Opposition. While you whinge and whine, we get on with the job; we get on with the job of tackling the hard issues that face this Territory: Improving the health system, improving municipal services, improving education; and doing it all within budget, year after year, under this Chief Minister and Treasurer's guidance, as opposed to the rabble that was once led by the Liberal Party in this Assembly. Madam Speaker, Labor promised to deliver a hospice on Acton Peninsula. Labor will deliver a hospice on Acton Peninsula, operational in February.
Assembly Members - Conflicts of Interest
MR BERRY: My question goes to the standard of behaviour expected of members, ethics and conflict of interest. It is directed to the Minister for Health. Noting that the Leader of the Opposition introduced legislation which provided for private pharmacies to profit from dispensing methadone, I ask: Would the Minister confirm that the Red Hill pharmacy has a contract with the Government to dispense methadone? Would the Minister confirm that the Leader of the Opposition, Mrs Carnell, as the proprietor, sought and was granted the contract to dispense methadone under the methadone program? What was the date of approval? Would the Minister inform the Assembly of the number of clients that the Red Hill pharmacy dispenses to, and the charges for methadone under this program? Is there a potential for more clients under the program?
MR CONNOLLY: Madam Speaker, I seem to recall that, at least, the base question of how many pharmacies was asked in the estimates process. The answer is: I understand that the Red Hill pharmacy has been approved. I shall seek detailed advice on the other matters in the question and get back to the Assembly as soon as possible.
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