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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1998 Week 5 Hansard (25 August) . . Page.. 1205 ..

Ms Carnell: And again today.

MR STANHOPE: And she has just repeated it again today - that the Government at no stage knew that any land - - -

Ms Carnell: No, that I did not.

MR STANHOPE: You are the Government. You are the Government, Mrs Carnell. Do not start running lines with us now that you are not the Government. It is not only the Government. On 22 December the Government or senior officials were not aware.

Ms Carnell: Sorry; no.

MR STANHOPE: That is what you said. That is what you said on 28 May.

Ms Carnell: That is right.

MR STANHOPE: You said on 28 May - - -

Mr Humphries: Can you quote that?

MR STANHOPE: Yes, page 758.

Mr Corbell: I raise a point of order, Mr Speaker. The Chief Minister is persistently interjecting, and I ask you to call her to order.

MR SPEAKER: All right.

Mr Hird: On that point of order, Mr Speaker: I would also ask you to ask the Leader of the Opposition to address his remarks appropriately through the Chair.

MR SPEAKER: I uphold Mr Corbell's point of order but I would - - -

Mr Hird: And what about mine?

MR SPEAKER: Order! Just a moment, Mr Hird. But I would also ask Mr Stanhope not to respond to the interjections. The interjections are out of order. This is a serious debate. It is a censure and I believe that the Leader of the Opposition, like the Chief Minister and the Deputy Chief Minister, deserves to be heard in silence.

MR STANHOPE: Thank you, Mr Speaker. On 28 May the Chief Minister said:

On 22 December the Government or senior officials were not aware that two-thirds of the Hillview property had been withdrawn from the Bolton family ...

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