Page 502 - Week 04 - Wednesday, 28 June 1989

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Mr Speaker, I present the following paper:

Social Welfare Ministers Conference, 9 June 1989 - Ministerial statement, 28 June 1989

and move:

That the Assembly takes note of the paper.

Debate (on motion by Mr Moore) adjourned.

DAYS AND HOURS OF MEETING AND ADJOURNMENT OF ASSEMBLY

Temporary Orders

MR SPEAKER: I call the Deputy Chief Minister.

Mr Kaine: I rise on a point of order, Mr Speaker. In accordance with the standing orders, as I understand it, private members' business takes precedence on Wednesdays over all other business until 4.30 in the afternoon. I was assuming we would be continuing the business from this morning. I refer to standing order 77.

MR SPEAKER: I draw the attention of the Leader of the Opposition to an amendment to standing order 77, which omits 4.30 pm and substitutes two hours after the fixed time for the meeting of the Assembly. So, in that case, the debate was concluded at 12.30.

Mr Kaine: On that basis, Mr Speaker, may each member please be given a copy of the amendments to these standing orders because I have no such amendment. It may have been done on the floor of the house. There have been many amendments made, none of which have been reflected in the standing orders. We cannot be expected to remember them all, and I think it is about time that we had some order in the business of the house.

MR SPEAKER: I take your point, Mr Kaine.

Motion (by Mr Whalan) agreed to:

That, unless otherwise ordered, the following amendments to standing and temporary orders be adopted for the remainder of this Assembly:

Standing order 27

Omit all words after "Tuesday" and substitute the following words "at 2.30 p.m. and on each Wednesday and Thursday at 10.30 a.m.".

Temporary order 34

(a) Omit "4", substitute "4.30";

(b) Omit "4.30", substitute "5"; and

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