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having been struck by the plague of unemployment, but rather they are people with whom we should all have a certain empathy and who deserve our support. I hope, through gestures like this, that people who we hope will soon be put in a position of - - -
Mr Lamont: You are the Canberran who did not want York Park to proceed. Stop the jobs, stop the jobs!
Mr Kaine: What has that to do with the unemployed?
MR HUMPHRIES: Madam Speaker, it is very hard to get anything said.
MADAM SPEAKER: Yes, between one side and the other, Mr Humphries. Order, please!
MR HUMPHRIES: Thank you, Madam Speaker. I think we would all empathise with these people. We would all hope that, through gestures such as this, people on unemployment benefits or in that position would be soon removed from it because of the support they get from the community in this present economic environment.
Canberra Times - Police Investigation
MR BERRY (Minister for Health, Minister for Industrial Relations and Minister for Sport) (4.58), in reply: Madam Speaker, I rise to speak in relation to a letter from Mr David Armstrong that was read out by the Leader of the Opposition. I have to say that the words used were surprisingly inelegant. I would have thought that the Leader of the Opposition would have taken the opportunity to be even-handed and perhaps secure the response by the Chief Minister to Mr Armstrong. In any event, I will read this onto the record. This is a letter from the Chief Minister to Mr David Armstrong. It states:
Dear Mr Armstrong
Thank you for your letter today about the visit yesterday by police to the offices of The Canberra Times.
My Government has not sent police to your newspaper. Your paper's report of this matter contained a number of factual errors.
The Head of Administration, in consultation with the Secretary of the Department of Health, asked the Australian Federal Police to investigate an alleged leak of information to The Canberra Times.
The methods used by the Federal Police in investigating a possible breach of the Crimes (Offences Against the Government) Act are an operational matter which you would realise is not subject to direction by the Government. There was no involvement by any Minister in the decision of the police to approach the newspaper in the investigation of this matter.
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