Page 1929 - Week 05 - Thursday, 3 May 2012
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Mrs Dunne: On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker, Mr Rattenbury has said that Mr Seselja needs to tell the full story. That is an implication that Mr Seselja is withholding some of the truth. Mr Rattenbury is the Speaker in this place and is required to uphold the standing orders. He should know the standing orders and he should know not to reflect upon the honesty of members in this place.
Mr Hargreaves: On the point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker, it is crystal clear there was no specific reference to a specific member in this chamber. This point of order is vexatious and it is litigious and it is repetitive. And I suggest—
Mr Coe interjecting—
Mr Hargreaves: Madam Deputy Speaker, we have some more compressed natural gas being generated across the chamber. I respectfully draw to your attention the notion of vexatious and repetitive points of order.
Mrs Dunne: On the point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker, Mr Rattenbury began his remarks by referring directly to Mr Seselja.
MADAM DEPUTY SPEAKER: Mrs Dunne, I believe we dealt with the previous matter and Mr Rattenbury has withdrawn his comments. I do not believe there is any matter he needs to withdraw at the moment. He was just making a general comment about the debate in the house at the moment. That is my understanding. Mr Rattenbury, will you continue, please.
MR RATTENBURY: I will move on from the point. What I am trying to draw out is that today’s debate has been in stark contrast to the approach taken by the new Liberal National Premier of Queensland, Campbell Newman, who last week actually acknowledged some of the full issues. In talking about electricity prices in Queensland, he talked about the fact that a large amount of the cost increase has been driven by network investment. He discussed the fact that there is a possibility there has been gold plating when it comes to network investment in Queensland.
He also acknowledged that the increase in energy bills in Queensland resulting from a carbon price would be covered by the compensation package in the carbon price package. This is the sort of depth of conversation this Assembly would benefit from much more when we debate complex issues. We should look at the whole story rather than selective bits of the story that suit one’s own political narrative. Campbell Newman has demonstrated that it is possible to do that.
This sort of debate would benefit from a fuller discussion where we could actually come in here and acknowledge the modelling and acknowledge the potential benefits to the community. If you are going to assert the modelling is incorrect, you need to actually come in with some modelling of your own. Mr Seselja has come in here today and made some assertions about how this scheme will or will not work. There is no modelling in it; it is just an assertion. That does not assist the debate in this place. It is disappointing that we have come to this point, but I simply confirm at this point that the Greens will be supporting the government’s amendments.
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