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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1996 Week 9 Hansard (27 August) . . Page.. 2604 ..

MRS CARNELL: The training courses for the Unisys project will be developed over the next two months, and we envisage that they will be up and running before the end of the year, Mr Speaker. Courses will vary in length between a few days and several weeks. They will be at three different levels; that is, there will be program managers, program analysts and technicians.

Mr Berry: This is an abuse.

Ms Follett: This is a ministerial statement.

MR SPEAKER: Order!

MRS CARNELL: Right from people who have a very small amount of computer skills through to people who have quite significantly higher computer skills.

Mr Berry: You should not be frightened of this woman, Mr Speaker.

MR SPEAKER: Order! The Chief Minister is answering the question.

Mr Berry: She is not. She is making a ministerial statement and we really do not need it. If she wants to table it, put it in Hansard. I think it would be a good idea.

MRS CARNELL: It means a range of training and job opportunities for people.

MR SPEAKER: Order! The Chief Minister is answering the question.

MRS CARNELL: They just cannot stand good news for Canberra, Mr Speaker. It is good news for Canberra, and it is all too hard. Mr Speaker, my understanding is that everybody gets a question, no matter how long it takes.

MR SPEAKER: Indeed; that is correct.

MRS CARNELL: Their only complaint can be that they do not want to hear good news.

Mr Berry: On a point of order, Mr Speaker: My complaint, just to clarify it for the Chief Minister, is that I expect question time to be addressed in a way which is consistent with the standing orders. Mrs Carnell is quite obviously abusing the right to be in this place and operate under those standing orders. Mr Speaker, you ought not be concerned about your future by enforcing the standing orders.

MR SPEAKER: Which standing order are you referring to, Mr Berry?

Mr Berry: Mr Speaker, if you cannot remember the standing order which refers to the requirement for an answer to be concise, I direct your attention to standing order 118(a).

MR SPEAKER: It is standing order 118, actually.

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