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SUSPENSION OF STANDING AND TEMPORARY ORDERS

Motion (by Mr Collaery) put:

That so much of the standing and temporary orders be suspended as would prevent Executive business being called on forthwith.

The Assembly voted -

AYES, 10  NOES, 7

Mr Collaery Mr Berry
Mr Duby Mr Connolly
Mr Humphries Ms Follett
Mr Jensen Mrs Grassby
Mr Kaine Mr Moore
Dr Kinloch Mr Stevenson
Ms Maher Mr Wood
Mrs Nolan
Mr Prowse
Mr Stefaniak

Question so resolved in the affirmative.

SUSPENSION OF STANDING AND TEMPORARY ORDERS

MR MOORE (4.22): I move:

That so much of the standing and temporary orders be suspended as would prevent the matter of public importance raised by Mr Stevenson being considered as the first item of Executive business.

MR SPEAKER: You are out of order, Mr Moore; we have just voted on that issue.

MR MOORE: No, this is a totally different issue, Mr Speaker. We voted to start with Executive business and now I am moving a suspension to enable this matter to be moved to the beginning of Executive business.

MR SPEAKER: I direct your attention to standing order 136. Your position is overruled.

MR MOORE: Mr Speaker, I have moved the suspension of that standing order, along with all the others. The way in which Mr Collaery's suspension motion was dealt with meant that members did not have a chance to speak to the particular issue. We have here a case where the Government has blatantly twice moved away from what would normally be the business of this side of the house - once on a matter of public importance and once on question time.

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