Page 1379 - Week 05 - Thursday, 26 April 1990
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Mr Berry: On a point of order, Mr Speaker; I draw your attention to standing order 52. It talks about reflection upon a vote. It is really up to Mr Stevenson to move a motion for the vote - - -
MR SPEAKER: You are debating the issue now.
Mr Berry: I am just reading it to you straight out of the book.
MR SPEAKER: I could not hear you when you first spoke.
Mr Berry: Would you like me to read it out again?
MR SPEAKER: Would you direct me to the standing order that you have mentioned.
Mr Berry: It is No. 52, which says that a member may not reflect upon any vote.
MR SPEAKER: Thank you for your observation. Please proceed, Mr Stevenson.
Mr Berry: Are you saying I am out of order?
MR SPEAKER: You are out of order. Please proceed, Mr Stevenson.
MR STEVENSON: They did not understand that pornography sexualises - - -
Mr Moore: On a point of order, Mr Speaker; I refer to standing order 62, irrelevance or tedious repetition.
MR SPEAKER: Thank you, but that is not relevant. Please proceed, Mr Stevenson.
MR STEVENSON: The woman said:
They didn't understand that pornography sexualises bigotry, that it promotes rape, battery, and incest, that it threatens all women's safety, that it kills our self-esteem, that it silences our voices, that it thwarts our potential, that it closes down our opportunities, that it circumscribes our lives.
She talks about the technological developments of cable television that bring it into the home and increase the problems in America incredibly. Soon we will have the same problem if we do not do something about it.
I can see that the members of the Labor Party are not at all interested in this. There are very few things that I find appalling, but I find this absolutely appalling that members of the Labor Party would make fun of such a thing.
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