Page 1246 - Week 04 - Wednesday, 3 April 2019

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Mr Wall: And we have not seen legislation for when this committee—

MR RATTENBURY: He continues to interject even though he knows this, that there is a lot of practice, precedent, the things that members understand to be the case. I have just outlined an example from the end of life choices committee and this Assembly’s clear understanding of that. We are open to changing that. If members collectively want to draw the view that it is a free for all while the committee is having an inquiry, let us have that discussion. We will move the motion tomorrow to refer that to the administration and procedure committee if that is what the chamber wants. We are open to that conversation.

Members interjecting—

MR RATTENBURY: They keep interjecting across the chamber that there is no need to change the rules. Then why did we have to have that motion last year about the end of life committee?

Mrs Jones: Very good question; very good question.

MR RATTENBURY: Mrs Jones well knows that there are practices in this place that are set out that are not necessarily in the standing orders. The standing orders do not address every single point about the way this place operates. So if they want to discard all of the practices of this place, so be it. The complete disregard for those sorts of norms is fine. If that is how they want to operate, so be it. But let us at least have the decency to have that conversation in administration and procedure and not use it as a point of political attack just because it suits the agenda of today.

Question put:

That Mr Rattenbury’s motion be agreed to.

The Assembly voted—

Question resolved in the affirmative.

Government charges—flexible payment options

MS CODY (Murrumbidgee) (10.43): I move:

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