Page 4348 - Week 10 - Thursday, 22 September 2011
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Then we go to the comments that Mr Smyth put out in his media statement: “Gallagher to be examined for improper conduct”—that is, that I have already been found to have been behaving in an improper way. The opening sentence says:
Katy Gallagher’s interference …
So presumably it is already decided.
Mr Hanson: That is what the committee found.
Mr Smyth: That is what the committee found.
MS GALLAGHER: That is what Mr Smyth is saying in this media release, when the committee has been established to determine whether there has been improper interference. I accept that Mr Smyth probably got a bit excited on Tuesday and got a bit ahead of himself, but he then repeated these claims on the radio the following day. In his media statement, he also makes this claim:
Katy Gallagher chose her … appointment and announced her conclusion in the media …
That is incorrect. That is not what my media release said. I did not announce the conclusion of the process in the media release.
Then Mr Smyth goes on to presumably send a very clear message to members of the privileges inquiry:
That’s why this Assembly must stand up to an ACT government who believes they are above scrutiny and beyond reproach.
Who was that message to other than the committee that has been established to determine something that Mr Smyth has already determined? Mr Smyth then goes on 2CC the next morning and again puts out into the community the view that I have already been found guilty of interference by this committee. I have not, and I will argue my case.
Mr Smyth interjecting—
MS GALLAGHER: Mr Smyth, you are perhaps the most slippery member of this Assembly. You know what you were doing. You know—
Mrs Dunne: Point of order, Mr Speaker. Those are unparliamentary words.
MR SPEAKER: Order! Ms Gallagher, one moment. Stop the clock, thank you. Mrs Dunne has the floor for a point of order.
Mrs Dunne: To say that a member of this place is a slippery member of this place is using unparliamentary words; they should be withdrawn.
Ms Hunter interjecting—
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