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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 5 Hansard (14 May) . . Page.. 1437 ..

Mr Berry: Mr Speaker, may I inform the Minister so that he can finish his inquiries and sit down? "Details" means everything that has been written in relation to the matter, so that this Assembly can see what happened in relation to it. Stop squirming.

MR SPEAKER: Thank you.

MR HUMPHRIES: Mr Speaker, I am sorry; I still do not think he clarified what this all means. What does - - -

Mr Berry: Does anybody else?

MR HUMPHRIES: I am sorry; I am a member of the Assembly and I am entitled to seek to clarify these things. What do you mean by "details"? You say you include minutes of meetings between the Chief Minister and her officers.

Mr Berry: This is not question time of the Opposition; but, just for the assistance of the Minister, everything that is written in relation to the matter.

MR HUMPHRIES: But there could be literally thousands of documents written in relation to this. For example, for argument's sake, a Hansard is produced.

Mr Berry: I can get that myself.

MR HUMPHRIES: Maybe you can. Perhaps you can. But Hansard has words in it relating to this matter. There are newspaper articles about hospital waiting lists. I have - - -

Mr Berry: Do not worry about them. I can get them.

MR HUMPHRIES: Maybe you can. But the point I am making, Mr Berry, is that there are vast numbers of documents which fall within this category.

Ms McRae: There are not.

MR HUMPHRIES: There are.

Mr Berry: All I want to find out is what is making you squirm. That is what I want to find out.

MR HUMPHRIES: I tell you that there are. I have in my office scrapbooks that go back years and years. Mr Speaker, I seek - - -

Mr Berry: Mr Speaker, what I need to find out is what is making him squirm so.

MR SPEAKER: Order! There is no point of order, Mr Berry.

MR HUMPHRIES: Mr Speaker, there is a vast amount of information - literally, a vast amount of information.

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