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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
National
Jasper Lindell

Minister under fire as opponents team up in stinging Assembly rebuke

The minister responsible for the ACT's public libraries says the ongoing suggestion cuts to weekend hours was bloody-mindedness in action was "blowing my brain" and she would have taken another option if there was one.

Tara Cheyne was censured on Wednesday but defended her handling of library hours cuts and seatbelt offence fines that were found to be incorrectly authorised in a censure motion debate brought on by the opposition on Wednesday.

City and Government Services Minister Tara Cheyne and, inset, Opposition Leader Mark Parton. Pictures by Sitthixay Ditthavong, Karleen Minney
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