Page 2886 - Week 10 - Wednesday, 15 August 1990
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Committee report on the Ageing. This facility will be provided on the Acton Peninsula site ...
Last Friday on ABC radio the Chief Minister said, when asked a question on convalescent beds at the Royal Canberra Hospital:
I think that was put forward as a proposal rather than a specific plan. There may be another place more appropriate than the Royal Canberra Hospital site ...
This was according to Mr Kaine. Last Friday, 8 August, I received a response from Mr Humphries to a question on notice in which he stated - - -
MR SPEAKER: Mr Berry, you will get to your question; I hope?
MR BERRY: He stated - - -
Members interjected.
MR BERRY: In this response he stated that the hospice, birthing centre and proposed convalescent facilities would be located at one of the two hospital sites, Woden Valley or Calvary. Which of these statements is correct, the one made on 27 March or the one made on 8 August?
MR HUMPHRIES: Could you repeat that question? I think I missed it.
Mr Berry: Good one, Gary. You know what the question is. Would you like a copy of it?
MR HUMPHRIES: I will try to remember what it was. It is obvious to anybody that some of the plans the Government has laid down have not met with an entirely smooth passage. The reason, I have to say, is not through any fault of our own but through the intervention - - -
Mr Berry: Of course not, it would be somebody else's trouble.
MR HUMPHRIES: I am afraid it is, Mr Berry.
Mr Berry: Of course.
MR SPEAKER: Order!
MR HUMPHRIES: I am afraid it is, Mr Berry. The reality is that the National Capital Planning Authority has intervened in the process that the Government initiated some months ago. I would like to be able to say that everything we decide as a government will be implemented - - -
Mr Berry: On a point of order, Mr Speaker: I just asked him which of the two statements is correct. That is all I require an answer on.
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