Page 582 - Week 02 - Thursday, 19 February 2015
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MR HANSON: No doubt they will be bringing in a long succession of issues that they can get from another jurisdiction. Mr Barr does not want to talk about his budget blowout. He does not want to talk about the state of the health system. He does not want to talk about playgrounds. He does not want to talk about long housing wait lists. What he does want to talk about is federal issues—
Mr Corbell: On a point of order—
MADAM DEPUTY SPEAKER: Sit down. Stop the clock. Mr Corbell.
Mr Corbell: Madam Deputy Speaker, on standing order 57. He is ignoring your ruling. He has to remain relevant to the subject matter that we are discussing. He has to address the terms of the motion. It does not matter what the motion is. There are plenty of motions in this place that the government do not enjoy talking about, but we do, and we defend our position and we state what it is. Mr Hanson did not have to speak on this motion, but he has risen and he has to remain relevant and not digress from the matter under discussion.
MADAM DEPUTY SPEAKER: Mr Hanson, please do not refer to matters other than the subject matter that we are dealing with now. As I said before, we do not want to have a history lesson about all the motions that we have dealt with in this place. We are now dealing with this one.
Mrs Jones interjecting—
MADAM DEPUTY SPEAKER: Mrs Jones! Mr Hanson.
MR HANSON: Madam Deputy Speaker, given that I have been somewhat restricted in my ability to speak today, what I will do is just foreshadow no doubt a long list of issues from other jurisdictions, because they have got nothing on us and they have got nothing on themselves that they are going to bring forward to this place. I look forward to seeing this long succession of issues—
Mr Corbell: On a point of order—
MR HANSON: Madam Deputy Speaker, come on.
MADAM DEPUTY SPEAKER: Mr Corbell.
Mr Corbell: Standing order 58 states:
A Member shall not digress from the subject matter of any question under discussion:
Madam Deputy Speaker, you have repeatedly called Mr Hanson to order and asked him to remain relevant to the question before the chair. He is ignoring your rulings, and I ask you to warn him that he has to remain relevant to the question under discussion.
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