Page 3942 - Week 09 - Wednesday, 25 August 2010
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MR SPEAKER: It is certainly my recollection that it was a lot quieter than it is now. Perhaps “silence” was a bit generous, but I do not expect the constant interjection.
MR STANHOPE: We are used to this double standard from Mr Hanson. All of us remember quite clearly an awful speech in this place—
Mr Seselja: Point of order, Mr Speaker.
MR STANHOPE: where he expressed a whole range of views around human rights and the rights of gay and lesbian people, and his commitment, the commitments to be made—
MR SPEAKER: Chief Minister, one moment, please!
Mr Seselja: Point of order, Mr Speaker. The point of order is on relevance. We have now had five minutes from the Chief Minister. He has not gone near the motion. He is now talking about Mr Hanson’s maiden speech rather than the motion. We know that he does not want to debate this, but perhaps you could ask him to be relevant.
MR STANHOPE: On the point of order, Mr Hanson went to issues around human rights in his speech—decisions that I took in relation to the terrorism legislation. He raised the issue as a matter of relevance to this debate. He raised issues around ministerial codes of conduct. He raised issues around human rights. I am responding.
Mr Hanson: You are very sensitive about this, aren’t you?
MR STANHOPE: Well, we are a little bit sensitive about our opening speech, aren’t we, Mr Hanson?
MR SPEAKER: Chief Minister, one moment. On the point of order, I think that Mr Hanson did cover a fair bit of territory but, Chief Minister, if you can try and address the issue of Calvary, that would be helpful.
MR STANHOPE: I am addressing this motion, the motion that goes to ministerial standards. That is what the motion is about—comments and statements that I made.
Mr Seselja: Mr Speaker, on the point of order—
MR STANHOPE: I am talking about Mr Hanson’s opening remarks in his first speech about his commitment to non-discrimination against gays and lesbians, his commitment to human rights, his commitment to women—all commitments that he has breached over the last two years.
MR SPEAKER: Chief Minister, thank you. Stop the clocks, thank you.
MR STANHOPE: He has been homophobic; he has been sexist; and he has no commitment to human rights.
MR SPEAKER: Chief Minister, sit down. Mr Hanson.
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