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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1996 Week 11 Hansard (25 September) . . Page.. 3376 ..

MR SPEAKER: What I am interested in is that you have asked Mr De Domenico a question. Mr De Domenico is answering the question.

Mr Berry: No; he said he was taking the specific details on notice.

MR SPEAKER: He said he was taking some of it on notice. There is no point of order, Mr Berry.

MR DE DOMENICO: Mr Speaker, I note that Mr Berry might not like the answer he is going to get, but he is going to get it anyway. If he sits down and stays in order, he will get the answer. I recall that prior to the last election the former Labor Government set aside in their forward estimates an amount, I think, of $1.7m for graffiti - - -

Mr Berry: I raise a point of order on the ground of relevance, Mr Speaker. I will just repeat the question, Mr Speaker - - -

MR SPEAKER: No, you will not.

MR DE DOMENICO: Mr Speaker, I suggest that you might consider naming the member.

Mr Berry: Mr Speaker, I do not think he has heard it.

MR SPEAKER: Order! I must admit that it is a strange way of asking a question to continually mention the same amount of money. Nevertheless, that is entirely up to you. The fact is that Mr De Domenico has indicated that some of the specifics of the question will be taken on notice.

Mr Berry: All of them.

MR SPEAKER: Just a moment. He said "the specifics of the question", but he is still answering the general question.

Mr Berry: There are no generalities; they are all specifics.

MR SPEAKER: Sit down, Mr Berry.

MR DE DOMENICO: As I said, Mr Speaker, Mr Berry might not like the answer he is going to get, but he is going to get it anyway.

Mr Berry: I am not getting it anyway, because you have taken the question on notice.

MR DE DOMENICO: You are going to get it anyway. You are going to sit down and listen. Is Mr Berry going to stand up and tell me that he is against this Government employing 60 young persons who are currently unemployed for an amount of $700,000? If that is what the Labor Party is all about, Mr Speaker, let him stand up and say so - - -

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