Page 3510 - Week 08 - Thursday, 23 August 2012
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MR ASSISTANT SPEAKER: I know, Mr Hanson. Please bear with me. Mr Corbell, please resume your seat. Mr Hanson, please resume your seat. The time allotted for the debate on this particular part of the budget has now expired. I propose to put the question, because the debate for this part of the appropriation bill has expired. If you want to make a point of order, Mr Hanson, you can feel free to do so, but it will have no effect. The floor is yours if you want it.
Mr Hanson: I will make my point of order, because I was standing up for a couple of minutes while you were refusing to acknowledge me and telling me to sit down, which is not in accordance with the standing orders. But, again, I highlight the inconsistency, Mr Assistant Speaker. Mr Corbell was shouting. Previously when Mr Seselja had to raise his voice, you warned him.
Mr Corbell: What is the point of order?
Mr Hanson: I am asking a question on your rulings.
MR ASSISTANT SPEAKER: Thank you.
Mr Hanson: Why is it that you ignore Mr Corbell when he is shouting and when I stand up to make a point of order, you sit me down; whereas with Mr Seselja, when he has to raise his voice, you threaten to warn him? I do not understand.
MR ASSISTANT SPEAKER: I hear you. Thank you very much, Mr Hanson. I am quite happy to address your point. Firstly, you did not stand there for a couple of minutes. You were up for no more than 15 seconds. The second point that I make to you is that I saw that the time for the closure of debate on this particular item was imminent, and I was about to call the minister to cease his deliberations on this matter because the time had concluded. It was my call that it would do nothing more than waste the Assembly’s time. And I was proved to be correct. Thank you very much, Mr Hanson. I hope that satisfies your view. I have given you my reasons for it. If you wish to dissent from that, please feel free to do so, otherwise we will proceed.
Proposed expenditure agreed to.
Proposed expenditure—Part 1.14—Community Services Directorate—$229,199,000 (net cost of outputs), $30,993,000 (capital injection) and $41,658,000 (payments on behalf of the territory), totalling $301,850,000.
MR ASSISTANT SPEAKER: Does anybody wish to adjourn the debate or perhaps adjourn the house? If I put the question, there will be no debate on community services. Please, members, understand that.
Debate (on motion by Mr Corbell) adjourned to the next sitting.
Adjournment
Motion (by Mr Corbell) proposed:
That the Assembly do now adjourn.
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