Page 2741 - Week 08 - Tuesday, 13 August 2019
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This has been going on for five years. For five years people like Arthritis ACT have not known what their future is. For five years there has been discussion. For five years there has been inconsistency from this Labor-Greens government. It is worth noting that for five years Arthritis ACT have been saying to anyone in government who would listen to them that the arrangement for peer monitoring of hydrotherapy sessions was not appropriate and that the position should change. But the government has not listened to what was said in this space.
What is the real agenda? Why doesn’t the government just come out and tell the community what it has on its mind—that is, that it wants to close the hydrotherapy pool as soon as it possibly can? It also needs to tell the community why the government has not been planning to fill the significant gap that that will create. Why did it take more than 3,000 signatures on a petition to keep the pool open for a short period?
The government has recently started work on developing a master plan for the Canberra Hospital campus—
MADAM ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Ms Cody): The member’s time has expired.
MRS DUNNE: I thought that I had leave to conclude my statement.
Ms Cheyne interjecting—
MRS DUNNE: It is not the rest of the day. I actually sought leave to conclude my statement.
MADAM ASSISTANT SPEAKER: My understanding was that you sought leave to conclude your statement. My understanding was that the leave granted was to give you half as much time again.
MRS DUNNE: No, that is not what I asked for. To make it perfectly clear, Madam Assistant Speaker—
MADAM ASSISTANT SPEAKER: Can you give me a moment, Mrs Dunne? I was not in the chair at that time, so I will seek some advice. An extension of time was granted. An extension of time does not allow unlimited time; it allows half as much time as was originally granted.
MRS DUNNE: I seek leave to conclude my statement, which will take up more than that time. That was the agreement reached between the whips, because this area involves a third of the budget. My request is for leave to conclude my statement.
MADAM ASSISTANT SPEAKER: For an undefined amount of time?
MRS DUNNE: Yes. That is my understanding of what I asked for.
Ms Cheyne: That was granted on the condition that it was not forever.
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