Page 1849 - Week 06 - Thursday, 5 June 2014
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I move:
That the report be adopted.
On 28 April 2014, the Speaker of the Assembly received a submission from Mr Jorian Gardner seeking redress under the resolution of the Assembly of 4 May 1995, as amended on 6 March 2008, relating to a citizen’s right of rely. That is continuing resolution 4.
The submission referred to comments made by a number of members in the Assembly on 25 February 2014. The Speaker accepted the submission for the purpose of the continuing resolution and referred it to the Standing Committee on Administration and Procedure.
The committee met on 22 May 2014 and, pursuant to paragraph 3 of continuing resolution 4, decided to consider the submission. The committee resolved to recommend that the response agreed to by the committee and Mr Gardner be incorporated in Hansard.
The committee draws attention to paragraph 6 of the continuing resolution, which requires that in considering a submission under this resolution and reporting to the Assembly, the committee shall not consider or judge the truth of any statements made in the Assembly or of the submission. Therefore, the committee recommends that the response by Mr Gardner be incorporated in Hansard.
MR HANSON (Molonglo—Leader of the Opposition) (12.11): I move:
That the debate be adjourned.
MADAM SPEAKER: Those of those opinion say “aye”. To the contrary, “no”. I think the noes have it.
Members interjecting—
MADAM SPEAKER: Sorry, I am in a position where I think the noes have it. Mr Smyth, did you want to take a point of order?
Mr Smyth: I am raising a point of order. I think the right thing to do is actually to let people read it, unless those opposite have actually seen the report before it was tabled and they all know what they have just signed up to.
Mr Corbell: It is just routine administrative.
Mr Smyth: It is not routine administrative. There is a statement there that is in response, a citizen’s right of reply; so it is anything but routine or administrative. We get so few of these, and this will be included in the Hansard. If you vote in favour of the report being adopted, you will all have signed up to something that you have not read, unless you have had prior notice of it. So the reasonable thing, I would have thought, would be for people to have time to actually read and understand what they are agreeing to.
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