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Mr Hanson: There will be members complaining at one o’clock, I am sure.

MR SPEAKER: Order, Mr Hanson!

Mr Hanson: Don’t you try to muzzle the speech.

MR SPEAKER: One moment. Mr Hanson, let us not start the day on that note.

Mr Hanson: They are inept, Mr Speaker.

MR SPEAKER: Sorry, Mr Hanson. What was that?

Mr Hanson: I was just making a further interjection, Mr Speaker.

MR SPEAKER: You made reference to myself?

Mr Hanson: No, I said, “They are inept.” Mr Speaker, it was a comment aimed at the government and their failure to address issues—

Mr Seselja: It is an arguably correct comment. We could have a debate about it but—

Mr Hanson: relating to tabling speeches. It is not a comment aimed at you.

Construction Occupations Legislation Amendment Bill 2010

Mr Barr, pursuant to notice, presented the bill, its explanatory statement and a Human Rights Act compatibility statement.

Mr Hanson: Well, they are inept, Mr Speaker.

MR SPEAKER: Sorry, Mr Barr, one moment. Sorry, Mr Hanson, what was that?

Mr Hanson: I was just making a further interjection, Mr Speaker.

MR SPEAKER: You made reference to myself as—

Mr Hanson: No, no, I said, “They are inept, Mr Speaker.” That was my comment. It was a comment aimed at the government and their failure to address issues around tabling speeches, not a comment aimed at you.

Title read by Clerk.

MR BARR (Molonglo—Minister for Education and Training, Minister for Planning, Minister for Tourism, Sport and Recreation and Minister for Gaming and Racing) (10.23): I move:

That this bill be agreed to in principle.


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