Page 3941 - Week 09 - Wednesday, 25 August 2010
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MR SPEAKER: The observations about Mr Hanson’s lack of integrity.
MR STANHOPE: I will withdraw anything that was unparliamentary, Mr Speaker.
MR SPEAKER: Thank you.
MR STANHOPE: I was not aware that it was. But there we have it. A man who stands and begins his speech in relation to this issue with a reference to integrity and standing, who refers to codes of conduct and comments that I made about integrity—and within one minute of his standing to respond calls me a liar. This is a man who wants us to take him seriously in relation to this issue, a man who stands and claims that there are certain standards in relation to the issues he seeks to pursue around integrity, honesty, capacity and parliamentary standards.
Mr Smyth: There are issues. Why do you hide behind commercial in confidence?
Mr Hanson: What a contradiction.
Mr Smyth: What a contradiction: more honest, more open, more accountable. That was your vow.
MR STANHOPE: And what does he do within a minute of my response? He deliberately breaches all of those standards that we expect of members of this place.
Mr Hanson: You can’t have been right then and right now.
MR STANHOPE: What does he do within a minute? He breaches completely any acceptable parliamentary standards.
Members interjecting—
MR STANHOPE: It puts in some perspective the purpose of this particular motion. The nonsense from this man, getting up and bleating about adherence to standards, hand on heart, talking about how it is important that we maintain our commitment to ministerial standards and codes, and then within a minute—
Mr Hanson: I am a man of my word, not like you.
Mr Smyth: You are not a man of your word. Where is the health minister?
MR SPEAKER: One moment, Mr Stanhope. Members, similar to the conversation we had this morning, Mr Hanson delivered a contentious speech. He was heard in silence, and I expect the Chief Minister to have the same courtesy extended to him.
Mr Seselja: Mr Speaker, I take issue with the ruling. Mr Hanson was not heard in silence. I do not know if you were in the same chamber I was in, but Mr Stanhope was consistently yelling across the chamber. I am not quite sure how you come to the conclusion that Mr Hanson was heard in silence, because he certainly was not.
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