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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 9 Hansard (2 September) . . Page.. 2749 ..

MRS CARNELL: Mr Speaker, I think I have made the point - - -

Mr Berry: Mr Speaker, may I raise a point of order? I do not mind you throwing warnings around this place, but - - -

Mr Kaine: You might be No. 4. Watch it.

Mr Berry: The fact of the matter is that, if we are required to tolerate a tirade from Ministers when they answer questions, then you have to expect something of a response when the Speaker is not prepared to require Ministers to answer in accordance with the standing orders, in particular as they apply to relevance.

MR SPEAKER: I do not uphold the point of order. The fact is that the questions are heard in silence. I expect the answers to be heard in silence as well, even if you do not like the answers that are being given.

MRS CARNELL: To finish, yes, this Government does take responsibility. It takes responsibility for putting in place solutions to problems that exist in our community. We believe very strongly that a lot of the solutions we have put in place are starting to bear fruit, and I think the statistics bear that out.

MR CORBELL: The Chief Minister mentioned a guardian angel. The guardian angel that saves the ACT certainly will not be a Liberal Party member. My question is to the Chief Minister in her capacity as Minister for Health and Community Care.

Mrs Carnell: Could you not think of a business one?

MR CORBELL: I can give you plenty of business questions, but you do not seem to like me asking business questions. What are the extra costs which have flowed to the Territory's taxpayers from the failed hospital implosion on Acton Peninsula, in particular those costs relating to, first, the extra work required to complete the demolition, including the cost of extra contractors and equipment; second, the relocation expenses for the child-care centres, including transfer and return costs, rental refurbishment costs and salary costs; third, the relocation expenses for the hospice, including the cost of transfer and return of clients and equipment, refurbishment costs at Calvary and extra salary costs; fourth, the extra costs relating to the fire and emergency services; fifth, the extra costs relating to police services, including the cost of officers and divers involved in investigation of the aftermath as well as the cost of water police involved in patrolling the exclusion zone around the site? Chief Minister, how much has been allocated so far and what are the current projected final costs, including the projected costs for the inquiries relating to the failed implosion?

MRS CARNELL: Mr Speaker, I think that is exactly the sort of question that is supposed to be put on notice, but I will certainly answer it.

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