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some pressure on the Government to do something that it might like to see us do. It is rather similar to the statements made about the YMCA site over the road; the NCPA has attempted to dump the responsibility for that on the ACT Government when all of the decisions that were being referred to were taken by Federal Parliament - - -
Mr Berry: I raise a point of order, Mr Acting Speaker. We are getting into the area of ministerial statements again. We will grant leave, provided we are given notice of ministerial statements.
MR KAINE: Well, if you do not want any questions answered, do not ask them. I do not mind.
Mr Berry: Well, stop beating your chest. It seems to me - - -
MR KAINE: Is he taking some point of order?
MR ACTING SPEAKER: What is your point of order?
Mr Berry: It seems to me that answers ought to be brief.
MR ACTING SPEAKER: Yes, Chief Minister, please get to the point.
MR KAINE: Thank you for your advice, Mr Acting Speaker; I thought I was. If you are going to spring to attention every time the puppet over there gets to his feet, we will have to - - -
Opposition members: Oh! That is monstrous!
MR ACTING SPEAKER: Order! Order, members!
Mr Connolly: Mr Acting Speaker, I raise a point of order. That is an appalling reflection on the Speaker - "If you are going to spring to order every time the puppet over there demands it". I demand that the Chief Minister withdraw and apologise.
MR KAINE: I withdraw it, Mr Acting Speaker.
Mr Connolly: And apologise.
MR ACTING SPEAKER: He has withdrawn it. Chief Minister, I believe you were getting to the point. Please continue.
MR KAINE: Settle down, Mr Connolly, you will get blood pressure if you jump up and down like that. Anyway, I will get back to the question which had to do with the two sites occupied by the Anglican and the Catholic Churches.
Both of those sites are held in perpetuity under the Church Lands Leases Act and, in accordance with the policy at the time those leases were granted, each denomination was entitled to the allocation of a site for the building of a
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