Page 2277 - Week 08 - Tuesday, 28 August 2007
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Mr Stanhope: On a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker, I have just been informed by the chairman of the estimates committee that all the documents, including the documents that Mr Seselja is lamenting he does not have, are on the committee’s website.
MR DEPUTY SPEAKER: What is the point of order?
Mr Stanhope: The point of order is that he is wrong again. I am just trying to prevent him from making a bigger goose of himself.
MR SESELJA: There is no point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker.
Mr Stanhope: The chairman of the committee has just indicated that the documents that Mr Seselja—
MR DEPUTY SPEAKER: Chief Minister, there is no point of order.
Mr Stanhope: There is; there is a point of order.
MR DEPUTY SPEAKER: Unless you can quote me the standing order, I do not see the point of order.
Mr Stanhope: Mr Deputy Speaker, a comment has just been made that the government refused to provide documents—
Mr Mulcahy: Point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker: you have ruled on this matter.
MR DEPUTY SPEAKER: Mr Mulcahy, point of order?
Mr Mulcahy: You have ruled on the point of order, and the Chief Minister is persisting in proceeding—
MR DEPUTY SPEAKER: The matter is under control.
Mr Mulcahy: I think it is unruly—
MR DEPUTY SPEAKER: There was no point of order.
Mr Stanhope: I beg your pardon, Mr Deputy Speaker; I will address the matter in my next 10 minutes.
MR DEPUTY SPEAKER: Thank you, Chief Minister. Mr Seselja, you have the floor.
MR SESELJA: Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. In relation to Mr Stanhope’s claims, if they have, in fact, now been put on the website, I would be interested to know when they were actually provided, because we were certainly seeking them throughout the estimates process and we had no luck in getting access to them. If they have come late,
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