Page 1351 - Week 05 - Tuesday, 16 April 1991

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It follows that you cannot look purely at issues like bed numbers in our public hospital system. It simply is not an appropriate way of looking at those matters.

Mr Berry: How many States have a 60 per cent blow-out?

MR HUMPHRIES: The 60 per cent that Mr Berry refers to obviously depends very much on the size of your base. A 60 per cent blow-out in New South Wales is vastly more serious than a 60 per cent blow-out in the Northern Territory.

So, Mr Deputy Speaker, Mr Berry plays with figures, and will continue to play with figures because that is the way he wants to handle this debate. There are others in the community who are more sophisticated than that. I am sure that they will see through the tawdry approach that Mr Berry has adopted and see that much of what he says is pure and utter garbage.

MR DEPUTY SPEAKER: It being 10.00 pm, in accordance with standing order 34, the Assembly now stands adjourned.

Assembly adjourned at 10.00 pm

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