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authority. I stand here as a chairman of a committee and I hope all those of you who are chairs of committees will join with me in this. I am not going to argue in detail the rights and wrongs of any particular decisions, but I will assert the need for the Government to help preserve the committee process. To be sure, there might be emergency needs which a government might have to meet; but, short of that, a committee's report needs to be taken seriously and honoured. Let me add that the circumvented conclusions in the Ainslie tip case were circumvented based on evidence supplied by, among others, the Department of Urban Services. I do not resile from any previous statements on the Ainslie tip. I regret those decisions. That is now a matter that is out of my control. I can only say that I am anxious that there be no repetition of such a matter. So, I want to send a message - - -
Mr Moore: You had the opportunity to take action in the committee.
DR KINLOCH: And I did that, Michael, as you well know, when you tried to circumvent a motion I tried to pass.
Mr Moore: Your soft motion. You would not go for the hard motion.
DR KINLOCH: I speak the truth, Mr Moore. You tried to circumvent a motion I tried to pass.
MR SPEAKER: Mr Moore, do you mind!
Mr Moore: You tried to circumvent the motion I put.
MR SPEAKER: Mr Moore, please desist, or I will name you. Settle down.
DR KINLOCH: I want to send a message to both government and bureaucracy. I am trying to do this for the benefit of all of us; I am not trying to make points here.
Mr Berry: Try not to help me by closing schools.
DR KINLOCH: That is a pathetic comment, if you do not mind my saying so, when you think of what has been going on in Canberra during the last month. It is a pathetic comment; I resent it, I repudiate it, and I think it is a very shallow comment, indeed, from you, sir.
I now want to send a message to both government and bureaucracy. First to government: please be aware of committee processes and recommendations. Do not cut across those recommendations. In fairness I would say that there was a great deal of effort and a great deal of discussion to make sure that some of the problems raised were then dealt with.
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