Page 4061 - Week 13 - Thursday, 6 December 2007
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MR HARGREAVES: In listening to the hysterical rantings of Mr Seselja the other day, I thought there was something amiss, so what I did, by myself, because I am not as computer illiterate as my opposite number is, was to look up the Liberal Party policy on the web. I can’t speak for the wisdom of Liberal Party policy, but I can tell you what I saw, to my absolute delight.
MR SPEAKER: Order!
MR HARGREAVES: I did need cheering up, so—
MR SPEAKER: Order! The question was not about Liberal Party policy. Come back to the subject matter of the question.
MR HARGREAVES: It was; it was exactly that. He asked: could I point to it? Yes, I can. In fact, I can still do it. We can go to the Liberal Party policy on the internet, at canberraliberals.com.ordinary.
Members interjecting—
MR HARGREAVES: Have you taken it down?
MR SPEAKER: Order! Sit down, Mr Hargreaves. It is out of order to ask questions about Liberal Party policy. You are not responsible for that, anyway.
Mr Seselja: On a point of order, Mr Speaker: the question was about a statement he made in relation to the busway, so it was relevant to the first question and it was relevant to the statements he has made publicly. I was not asking him to give a dissertation on Liberal Party policy. I was asking him to justify the comment he made on radio.
Mr Corbell: On the point of order, Mr Speaker: I think Mr Seselja should reflect on the question he asked because the question explicitly asked the minister where he could point to in the Liberal Party’s policy or platform that stated that the Liberal Party supported the busway project. That is explicitly a question about the minister’s understanding of Liberal Party policy. Either the minister can answer the question or the question is out of order.
Mr Seselja: On the point of order, Mr Speaker: surely we as an opposition are entitled to hold ministers accountable for their public statements.
Mr Corbell: You asked him in relation to matters they are responsible for.
Mr Seselja: I asked him about his statement.
MR SPEAKER: Mr Hargreaves?
MR HARGREAVES: The reference point for my comment was canberraliberals.com.ordinary, and it was in the transport section of that policy, where
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