Page 4407 - Week 10 - Thursday, 23 September 2010
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MADAM DEPUTY SPEAKER: I beg your pardon, Mrs Dunne; would you resume your seat. I did, in fact. I asked him to remain relevant. Okay? That is what I said. That is a ruling and, if you did not hear it, that is not my problem. But I did in fact ask him. I said, “Please continue but remain relevant.” Okay?
MR HARGREAVES: Thank you very much, Madam—
MADAM DEPUTY SPEAKER: Did you hear me that time, Mrs Dunne?
Mrs Dunne: Do I have permission to speak?
MADAM DEPUTY SPEAKER: Yes; I am asking if you can hear me.
Mrs Dunne: Madam Deputy Speaker, I did hear you that time. I think that it would be very difficult for anyone to have heard you the first time.
MADAM DEPUTY SPEAKER: I apologise for that, Mrs Dunne, but I happen to have an implant in my mouth and sometimes my diction is not very clear. But I am—
Mr Hanson: Well, that is not Mrs Dunne’s fault, is it?
MADAM DEPUTY SPEAKER: No, it is not, but certainly—
MR HARGREAVES: Madam Deputy Speaker—
MADAM DEPUTY SPEAKER: Resume your seat. I apologise if my diction is not clear at times, but I will attempt to be more clear in future. Thank you, Mr Hargreaves.
MR HARGREAVES: Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. It is my understanding, in fact, that the cacophony surrounding Mrs Dunne probably contributed to her lack of hearing of what you said. The relevance of this goes to Mr Hanson’s credibility to refer anything about Calvary hospital to anybody. I think, in fact, that there is an issue, really, here. He talks about these nurses working under great pressure and working overtime to cover the ACT’s 140 vacant nursing positions—
Mrs Dunne: Madam Deputy Speaker, you have already asked Mr—
MADAM DEPUTY SPEAKER: Mr Hargreaves, resume your seat. Stop the clock, please.
Mrs Dunne: On a point of order, you have already asked Mr Hargreaves to be relevant to the subject, and he has gone back to the issues that Mr Seselja raised and that you have said you have already ruled on. Could you call Mr Hargreaves to the point and require him to be relevant?
MADAM DEPUTY SPEAKER: Thank you, Mrs Dunne. Will you remain relevant, Mr Hargreaves?
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