Page 3117 - Week 10 - Thursday, 15 August 2013
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MADAM SPEAKER: Relevance, Minister Burch.
MS BURCH: I am less than 10 seconds into the answer.
MADAM SPEAKER: Minister Burch, you were asked a direct question about whether you misled the committee. Whether or not Mr Doszpot was at the committee is not relevant to your answer. The question was: did you mislead the committee?
MS BURCH: I will seek your guidance. I think you have inferred that I misled the committee in your comment just then, Madam Speaker.
MADAM SPEAKER: No. Mr Doszpot’s question was: did you mislead the committee? I said, “The question was: did you mislead the committee?” I did not make any assertion about whether or not you misled the committee. I repeated Mr Doszpot’s question, which is in order.
MS BURCH: Thank you, and I will go to respond. Given that Mr Doszpot has not provided the transcript and I do not have it in front of me, I have limited faith in his representation of my response.
MADAM SPEAKER: Do not reflect on Mr Doszpot’s character. Answer the question.
MS BURCH: I am answering the question, Madam Speaker.
MADAM SPEAKER: You will not reflect on Mr Doszpot’s character in doing so.
MS BURCH: I think I am just making a statement and saying I do not have the Hansard in front of me, Madam Speaker. So with that context, I will reflect on it and provide advice. But in regard to capacity of the schools, capacity of schools will change as new suburbs come online, as communities change.
Members interjecting—
MS BURCH: With the sniggers from those over there, they clearly have not recognised the growth in numbers at Duffy school, for example, because of the growth in that area with Molonglo coming on. They have no interest, so I will leave my answer there.
MADAM SPEAKER: A supplementary question Mr Doszpot.
MR DOSZPOT: Minister, I ask again: which public high schools in Canberra are fully subscribed and for what years, and will you this time provide an honest and accurate response?
MADAM SPEAKER: Mr Doszpot, please rephrase that question without making personal reflections on Ms Burch’s honesty.
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