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The Hon. L.A. CURRAN (14:55): At what point will the ministers opposite spend more time governing and getting on with their job now that they are in government than focusing on the former Liberal government—it has been seven months now!

The PRESIDENT: I was going to say that that is not a point of order. However—

The Hon. L.A. Curran: It was a supplementary question.

The PRESIDENT: It's not a supplementary.

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector) (14:55): That's an excellent question, a very good question, because in seven short months we have done more in this sort of reform than the Liberal Party did in four long years. In seven short months we have done more than they did in four long years. I have to say that, if they keep it up, as they have shown they will do, this ideological overreach, I wish them another happy 16 years in opposition.