Page 3397 - Week 10 - Thursday, 20 October 2022
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MR HANSON: That is what you said at the last election. What did you do? You did not do that review. You did not do that review. You came back in December and said, “No, we are not going to take some incremental step. We are going to decriminalise meth.” I do not remember you going to the last election saying, “Hey, do you want more meth on the streets? Do you want more meth out there causing carnage on our roads?” No, I do not remember that.
Members interjecting—
MADAM SPEAKER: Members. Members! Members.
MR HANSON: Really, this is an extension of the reactive process from Mr Pettersson—
Members interjecting—
MADAM SPEAKER: Mr Pettersson.
MR HANSON: and his Greens mates to get more meth out there on the streets. They cannot wait to do it. They cannot wait to do it. They rushed the budget debate in this place—
Members interjecting—
MR HANSON: They rushed the budget debate in this place so that they could get it through because they cannot wait to get this meth allocated out there on the streets. That is what this is all about today. So we do not support this process. This is a shabby process. The fact that this government says that they are going—
Ms Stephen-Smith: A failure of the filibuster on your side, Mr Hanson, I think.
MR HANSON: Imagine if I were interjecting like this, Madam Speaker, imagine the outrage. Listen to them.
Members interjecting—
MR HANSON: Imagine the outrage. It seems to be a bit one-sided. It is just an extension of what has been a—
Mr Rattenbury: Madam Speaker, on a point of order: I believe Mr Hanson is reflecting on the Chair.
MADAM SPEAKER: I am going to let this one go. I think it is, in fairness, a reasonable comment. I do ask members to refrain.
MR HANSON: Oh, wow, Madam Speaker!
MADAM SPEAKER: Do not stretch it, Mr Hanson!
Members interjecting—
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