Page 4825 - Week 16 - Thursday, 29 November 1990
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Volunteer Bushfire Fighters
MRS GRASSBY: Mr Speaker, my question is to Mr Duby. Will the Minister assure the Assembly that, in the event of a major bushfire in the ACT during the coming bushfire season, no volunteer bushfire fighter - and I stress "volunteer" - will be sued for negligence in the course of his or her duty?
MR SPEAKER: Order! That is a hypothetical question.
Parking Inspectors
MS MAHER: Mr Speaker, my question is directed to the Minister for Finance and Urban Services. Can the Minister comment on a matter raised in a letter to the editor published in the Canberra Times today, concerning parking infringement notices issued to a Mr Mike Durrant of Young, New South Wales?
Mr Berry: On a point of order, Mr Speaker: they have asked for an expression of opinion. The question, I think, is out of order.
MR SPEAKER: I did not pick up the point that you raised.
MR DUBY: I have been invited to comment, Mr Speaker.
Mrs Grassby: The question is out of order.
MR DUBY: I have not been asked to express an opinion.
Mrs Grassby: But you are still expressing an opinion.
MR DUBY: Shut her up, will you, Mr Speaker?
Mrs Grassby: I beg your pardon!
MR DUBY: I said, "Shut her up".
MR SPEAKER: Order, Mr Duby, please!
Mrs Grassby: I think that is very rude, Mr Speaker. I demand a withdrawal of that. Mr Speaker, make him withdraw it. That is what I demand.
MR SPEAKER: I let you get away with it once, Mr Duby. Do not do it all the time. Saying "Shut up" across the chamber is not appropriate.
Mr Moore: On a point of order, Mr Speaker: he has already got away with it once. He actually said to me, "Shut up, fungus face".
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