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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000 Week 7 Hansard (29 June) . . Page.. 2253 ..
MR SPEAKER: No, you will not. You will sit down. You may explain matters of a personal nature.
MR BERRY: I thought it was pretty personal.
MR SPEAKER: Not a litany of so-called successes.
MR BERRY: I thought it was a personal and vindictive attack. I will address it later.
MR SPEAKER: You are entitled to that opinion, of course.
MR STANHOPE (Leader of the Opposition): I seek leave to make a personal explanation, Mr Speaker, pursuant to standing orders.
MR SPEAKER: Very well.
MR STANHOPE: Mr Speaker, this morning the Canberra Times ran an article on the front page with a banner headline saying "Stanhope may save Carnell". Mr Speaker, that is an outrageous defamation of me. I have been shunned in the street. My colleagues have threatened to lock me out of the caucus room. I can't show my face in public, Mr Speaker.
MR SPEAKER: Order! Put that sign down, Chief Minister.
MR STANHOPE: I cannot show my face in public, Mr Speaker
MR SPEAKER: I spoke to you, Mr Stanhope.
Mr Corbell: I raise a point of order, Mr Speaker. I ask you to remind the Chief Minister of the standing order about signs in the chamber.
MR SPEAKER: Thank you. I have drawn attention to that.
Mr Humphries: Is there a standing order about signs? I don't know any standing order about signs, Mr Speaker.
Mr Corbell: There is a ruling, Mr Humphries, as you are well aware.
Mr Humphries: Is there? All right.
MR HUMPHRIES
: Mr Speaker, I took a question from Mr Rugendyke in question time and I want to add to my reply. I said that there have been two inquiries about purchasing the milk depot. Neither inquiry has resulted in a change of heart on the part of the department that we ought to auction the site in September or possibly November, depending on how the market is read. I have also been advised that the valuations of the
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