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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 14 Hansard (9 December) . . Page.. 4727 ..

Mr Corbell: Mr Speaker, I would invite you to reconsider your ruling, in that the question was regarding health authorities and the Chief Minister is also the Minister for Health.

MR SPEAKER: It has nothing to do with that, I am afraid, Mr Corbell.

Mr Humphries: Mr Speaker, it is not relevant to the first part of the question and therefore it is not a question that could be asked as a supplementary question.

MR WHITECROSS: Mr Speaker, Mr Humphries argued that the question had nothing to do with the first part of the question. My first question related to the circumstances leading up to the accident, and my supplementary question related to whether the Chief Minister had complied with the advice given by health authorities in her conduct before the accident. So it is directly related to the first part of the question.

MR SPEAKER: No. You began your question - - -

MR WHITECROSS: I asked you a specific question in relation to whether you complied with the advice of health authorities in the period leading up to the accident, that women who are planning to drive - - -

MR SPEAKER: Order! The question is irrelevant and you will not ask it again. I have ruled it out of order.

MR HIRD: We were $200m in the red in the ACT when we came into office. The International Hotel School was a $27m fiasco. Harcourt Hill was another financial fiasco. Now we learn that there was a $5.3m VITAB fiasco. When will this mismanagement from this crew across here end? Mr Speaker, my question is to the Chief Minister in her capacity as Treasurer and as a voting shareholder of ACTTAB. You may well laugh.

Mr Whitecross: Come on! Just ask the question.

MR SPEAKER: Order! Settle down. The house will come to order.

MR HIRD: Mr Speaker, during the term of this Government has ACTTAB entered into any offshore gambling arrangements?

Ms McRae: Ha, ha, ha! The answer is no. I can answer that.

MR HIRD: You may well laugh. Hang your head in shame.

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