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plan which the Labor Government outlined last year to retain Royal Canberra at a cost of $200m to $210m. And, of course, nobody has any idea what the cost of transferring the Queen Elizabeth II Home and the Jindalee Nursing Home will be, let alone the cost of establishing a new hospice or birthing centre on the site. It is not improbable that implementing the Liberals' overall plan will, in fact, cost more than retaining Royal Canberra Hospital. We have not seen the figures.
Mr Collaery: On a point of order, Mr Speaker; I raised this point of order at the beginning when I said that neither of these Bills fits any description of Bills that can be introduced by the Opposition. They put a charge on the public purse and they are completely out of order. I am quite confident, subject to your ruling, that they will not proceed. The Leader of the Opposition is using this supposed introduction of a Bill as a vehicle for total misrepresentation, for fantasies that are conjured up on the first floor corner - - -
MR SPEAKER: Order!
Dr Kinloch: On a point of order, Mr Speaker; I refer the house to standing order 61. I am fed up with people yelling across this house. I am not going to put up with it any more. If it happens again, I am going to get up every time and quote standing order 61.
MR SPEAKER: Order! I would put it to the Government to take a lead on this matter.
Dr Kinloch: Mr Speaker, on a point of order - - -
MR SPEAKER: Dr Kinloch, please do not speak over me. Resume your seat. I am trying to make an observation.
Dr Kinloch: I am trying to take a point of order.
MR SPEAKER: Resume your seat until I have finished speaking, for goodness' sake. I appeal to the Government to take a lead. It is very difficult for me to pull up the Opposition if Ministers in particular are talking across the floor.
Mr Moore: The Chief Minister in particular.
MR SPEAKER: Please, Mr Moore; you have nothing to say in this matter. Dr Kinloch, I will hear your point of order.
Dr Kinloch: Having made the point of order concerning standing order 61, I was then immediately interrupted, and I object. I now warn everybody in this house that, every time anyone yells something across the house, I will be up, taking a point of order on standing order 61.
MR SPEAKER: Thank you, Dr Kinloch; your point is quite valid. It does get out of hand at times. Ms Follett, in
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