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tell the Canberra community. He has no comment whatsoever to make on Dr Frances Perkins' work, other than that it is probably wrong, but he has not presented his own documents; he has not been able to say in what respect Dr Perkins' figures might be different from his.
Mr Humphries: Were you not listening at question time?
Mr Kaine: She never listens.
Mr Humphries: She probably was not here.
MS FOLLETT: Mr Acting Speaker, please.
MR ACTING SPEAKER: Order!
MS FOLLETT: Indeed, we have sought and sought in question time after question time for any evidence that this Minister has done his homework and we have not had that evidence presented, and neither has the Canberra community. I would like to draw on a couple of documents that I have received today. I am sorry Dr Kinloch is not in the house because he will probably claim at a later stage that he was not aware of these facts, but they are important issues for the community.
Mr Collaery: I raise a point of order.
MR ACTING SPEAKER: Your point of order, Mr Collaery?
Mr Collaery: That is an allegation that Dr Kinloch would make a full statement, or has absented himself from the Assembly for the purpose of avoiding debate. I ask that that unbecoming allegation be withdrawn.
MR ACTING SPEAKER: It may be conceived as a personal reflection, Ms Follett, so I think if you would - - -
Mr Humphries: It is. Why do you not say it to his face when he is here?
MS FOLLETT: I have. It is a bit hard. He is not here. Mr Acting Speaker, in order not to waste my speaking time, I will withdraw it. I have here a letter from some parents of students at the Higgins Primary School and I would like to read to members opposite some of the points that these parents make. They have said, firstly, that they are appalled by the Government's decision to close their local primary school. They are appalled, so they do not buy your arguments. They go on to say that:
The school itself is in very good repair, both inside and out as it has just been repainted. The inside paint and the painters who did it were paid for by the P & C who wanted our school to be a bright and cheery place for children, staff and the many mothers who spend a lot of time there. The P & C and the Canteen Committee have worked
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