Page 2408 - Week 06 - Thursday, 23 June 2011
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Mr Coe: Are you going to ask him to withdraw that or not?
MR SPEAKER: Would you like to take a point of order, Mr Coe?
Mr Coe: Yes, I would. You have been very harsh—
MR SPEAKER: It is not a lecture, Mr Coe, but a point of order.
Mr Coe: Mr Speaker, over the last couple of days you have been quite firm in some of your rulings, yet here we have the situation where Mr Corbell has made a derogatory comment about one of the members here and all you do is say, “Please don’t do that.”
MR SPEAKER: Mr Coe, I will accept your point of order. I do not need it as a lecture. You can seek a point of order. Mr Corbell, I invite you to withdraw the point.
Mr Corbell: I am not quite sure what I said wrong, but I withdraw.
Mr Hanson: Mr Speaker, I am very clear about what Mr Corbell said; he said—
MR SPEAKER: Mr Hanson, sit down. Mr Corbell, it was quite clear—
Mr Corbell: I have withdrawn.
MR SPEAKER: Yes. It was quite clear that you were unparliamentary towards Mrs Dunne and I want you to withdraw it without qualification.
Mr Corbell: I withdraw.
MR SPEAKER: Thank you. Dr Bourke, let us have your question again from the start, thank you.
DR BOURKE: I am keen to advocate for community facilities in my electorate of Ginninderra. Can the Minister for Territory and Municipal Services—
Mr Coe interjecting—
MR SPEAKER: Mr Coe, you are now warned for continual interjection. Dr Bourke, your question from the start, thank you.
DR BOURKE: Mr Speaker, I am keen to advocate for community facilities in my electorate of Ginninderra. Can the Minister for Territory and Municipal Services give the Assembly some advice on progress with the upgrade of the Scullin shops.
MR CORBELL: I thank Dr Bourke for his very strong interest in matters affecting his constituents. If only we had more members like Dr Bourke who, even at an early stage,are passionate about the issues affecting their constituents in his electorate.
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