Page 536 - Week 03 - Tuesday, 20 March 1990
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MR SPEAKER: Order, Mr Moore! Quotes do not become part of a point of order.
Mr Moore: I am using the words of the Chief Minister in making a point of order about question time on 2 November because it is the same point of order that I wish to make now.
MR SPEAKER: Please proceed, but keep close to the point.
Mr Moore: He said:
... I have had to protest, as Leader of the Opposition, at the blatant misuse of question time in this Assembly by the Government.
Mr Duby: On a point of order, Mr Speaker; this is clearly an infringement - - -
MR SPEAKER: Order! I will take only one point of order at a time.
Mr Duby: On a point of order, Mr Speaker - - -
MR SPEAKER: I will not take a second point of order.
Mr Humphries: This is not a proper point of order. Mr Moore should state his point of order.
Mr Moore: I am; that is what I am doing.
MR SPEAKER: Please state the point of order in accordance with the standing orders.
Mr Moore: The point of order is that he is making a ministerial statement. Mr Kaine continued:
The degree to which it is misused seems to swing, depending on how safe the Government feels. On those occasions when the cold breath of the opposition is felt on the backs of Ministers' necks - - -
MR SPEAKER: Order! Mr Moore, this is a statement. It is a political statement. It is not a point of order. Points of order arise from the standing orders.
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