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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 2 Hansard (25 February) . . Page.. 393 ..

Ms Tucker: On a point of order, Mr Speaker: You said that it has to be confined to the subject matter of the question. I do not think the Minister understands what my question was.

MR STEFANIAK: I did. I just answered that part of it. If you sit down, I will give you something else.

MR SPEAKER: Order! This is not a debate; this is question time. You have indicated that you are going to look at the matter, have you, Mr Stefaniak?

MR STEFANIAK: I will certainly be delighted to do so. Ms Tucker can come and see me; we will go through that. I think she has it completely wrong. I am happy to point out where she probably has that completely misconstrued.

MR SPEAKER: Order! This is not a dialogue.

MR STEFANIAK: I am talking to you, Mr Speaker.

MR SPEAKER: Thank you. Ms Tucker was, I think, attempting to talk to you. You talk to me; we will just ignore the rest.

MR STEFANIAK: Finally, Mr Speaker, I would also like to refer Ms Tucker to the Official Visitor's report in relation to Marlow Cottage, by Mr Aldcroft, who is quite laudatory in his comments in relation to how that house is run and how there has been an improvement in the activities and control of the children placed into care there.

Mr Berry: On a point of order, Mr Speaker: A couple of questions ago Mr Humphries called me a dill. I think you must have missed it, Mr Speaker. It is an offensive word, contrary to standing order 54, and I would ask you to have him withdraw it.

MR SPEAKER: Did you refer to Mr Berry as a dill, Mr Humphries?

Mr Humphries: I most certainly did, Mr Speaker.

MR SPEAKER: Would you like to withdraw?

Mr Humphries: No; but I will.

Mr Berry: Would you ask him when he last saw one? Perhaps it was when he was cleaning his teeth this morning.

MR SPEAKER: Sit down; otherwise you may be in some difficulty.

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