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standing order 213, that Mr Seselja table the document that he quoted from in regard to the estimates committee and explain to the Assembly who provided him with that information. Mr Speaker, I believe he may be in breach of standing order 241.
MR SESELJA (Molonglo): I am happy to table the sheet of paper that I quoted from.
MR SPEAKER: You need leave to table it, unless a motion is moved.
MR SESELJA: He has asked me to table it and I am happy to table it.
Mr Stefaniak: Seek leave to table it.
Mrs Dunne: Why does he have to seek leave to do something that he has been asked to do?
MR SESELJA: He has asked, under a standing order, for me to table it. I will take advice from you, Mr Speaker.
MR SPEAKER: It is open to the Assembly to order you to do it, but just seek leave to table it.
MR SESELJA: I seek leave to table the sheet of paper I quoted from.
Leave granted.
MR SESELJA: I present the following paper:
Estimates 2007-2008—Select Committee—Estimates Committee schedule—question without notice asked of the Treasurer by Mr Seselja.
Mr Speaker, could I also have leave to make a statement?
MR SPEAKER: Do you want to make a personal explanation?
MR SESELJA: It is not about a personal explanation. I am seeking leave to make a statement to correct the record of question time.
Leave granted.
MR SESELJA: My supplementary question in question time read:
Will you now make yourself available to appear before the estimates committee early in the first week, given that you have advised the media that you will be in Canberra during that week?
That was incorrect. Mr Speaker, I believe the Chief Minister did not say he would be in Canberra during the week. The relevant quote from ABC radio was: “Mr Smyth put it about that I will be overseas, which I won’t.” I would like to correct the record for the Assembly and, of course, make the point that that is contrary to the advice that was given to the secretariat at the time—I am not sure whether that advice was ever corrected—as to whether the Chief Minister would be overseas. Clearly, my quote
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