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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 6 Hansard (18 June) . . Page.. 1741 ..

MR HUMPHRIES: Mr Speaker, I am not aware that the information was provided either late or in insufficient detail to satisfy the members of the Opposition, but I will find out what the story is. I will take that question on notice.

MR SPEAKER: Do you have a supplementary question, Mr Whitecross?

MR WHITECROSS: I do have a supplementary question, Mr Speaker.

Mrs Carnell: Why do you not just ring up and ask him?

Mr Humphries: That would be far too simple.

MR WHITECROSS: I am asking him now.

Ms McRae: We did. We rang the office many a time for the answer.

Mr Kaine: Well, why is he asking again?

Ms McRae: We did not get it.

Mr Humphries: Whom did he speak to?

MR SPEAKER: Order!

MR WHITECROSS: Thank you, Mr Speaker. I was waiting for the chatter on the Government benches to die down.

Minister, is it the case that in reality you are reluctant to provide complete details of the new projects and their individual costs because the amount collected from the entry fee will not cover the total cost of the projects?

MR HUMPHRIES: No.

MR HIRD: Mr Speaker, my question is to Mrs Carnell in her capacity as both Chief Minister and the chair of the regional leaders forum for the Australian Capital Territory area. The Assembly will recall comments made by a member in this house last month concerning Queanbeyan and its residents which were later reported in the Canberra Times.

Ms McRae: Is that all you can ask?

MR HIRD: I am not mentioning names. Can the Chief Minister confirm that she has now received an official approach from the Queanbeyan City Council asking her to take action on these comments?

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