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MR RAMSAY: I would advise the shadow—
Opposition members interjecting—
MADAM SPEAKER: Minister, can you resume your seat. Members opposite—Mrs Jones, Mr Wall—I would have thought that you considered that your questions were serious. Therefore you are asking the minister for an answer but you go straight into the jokes, Mr Wall. I ask that you refrain. Attorney, can you get to your answer.
MR RAMSAY: Thank you Madam Speaker. Without accepting the premise of the question, I would assume that the best thing for Mr Hanson to do, if he is keen to know the answer for the motivation of any individual member of an outlaw motorcycle gang, is for him to ask them.
This is Question Time - Aug03-33
MR STEEL: Minister, has any new evidence—
Opposition members interjecting—
MADAM SPEAKER: Members, Mr Steel cannot be heard.
Mr Hanson interjecting—
MADAM SPEAKER: Mr Hanson—enough.
MR STEEL: Minister, has any new evidence of the effectiveness of anti-consorting laws been published since yesterday?
MR RAMSAY: I thank Mr Steel for his question. The answer is simply: no. Accordingly the answers that I gave yesterday continue to stand today. We will continue to work on the evidence and not on speculation.
Mr Hanson interjecting—
MADAM SPEAKER: Mr Hanson—enough.
Health—Mental health staffing
MRS DUNNE: My question is to the Minister for Mental Health. I refer to a statement, reported in the Canberra Times of 24 July, by Mr Stephen Crook, the secretary of the Australian Salaried Medical Officers Federation ACT. Mr Crook was speaking about staff shortages in mental health and he said:
Senior management appear to continue to expect more services to be opened and staffed, while current units have inadequate staffing …
Minister, do we currently have enough staff providing mental health services to the community and, if not, which areas are the most affected?
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