Page 1134 - Week 04 - Wednesday, 20 March 2013
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MADAM ACTING SPEAKER: Sit down!
Mr Smyth: He does not know his standing orders.
MADAM ACTING SPEAKER: Sit down! Mr Corbell.
Mr Corbell: Thank you, Madam Acting Speaker. In any event—
Mr Smyth: No, no; not in any event. You should withdraw.
MADAM ACTING SPEAKER: Mr Smyth!
Mr Corbell: For what?
Mr Smyth: For what? He asks for what. He says that you cannot ask a second question—
Mr Corbell: Madam Acting Speaker—
MADAM ACTING SPEAKER: Both of you sit down, please.
Mr Smyth: until all members have asked their first, and that is not true.
MADAM ACTING SPEAKER: When you got to your feet, I thought you had a point of order. I was then going to go to Mr Gentleman but then this discussion erupted. So I am withdrawing the call. I am giving the call to Mr Gentleman.
Mr Seselja: On a point of order, Madam Acting Speaker, on what basis are you withdrawing?
Mr Corbell: The chair has discretion.
Mr Seselja: It is not up to you to say. I am raising the point of order. If I could raise the point of order, Madam Acting Speaker—
MADAM ACTING SPEAKER: You can raise the point of order and—
Mr Seselja: On what basis are you withdrawing it? No-one else stood up; it was very clear that no-one else stood up. Mr Smyth got to his feet, you recognised him, he asked a question. The standing orders say, in 113A:
Questions without notice shall not be concluded until all non-Executive Members rising have asked at least one question.
There is nothing precluding Mr Smyth from asking an additional one. Mr Gentleman would still have the opportunity, should he wish to, after that question has been asked and answered. But there is no basis in the standing orders for a question that has been
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