Page 195 - Week 01 - Wednesday, 13 February 1991
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MR TEMPORARY DEPUTY SPEAKER: Mr Moore, I think the comment that needs to be made is that it is up to members to rise when they wish to speak. Do I have a speaker?
Ms Follett: Oh, come on! You idiots!
Mr Berry: What a bunch of loons. I don't believe this.
Mr Connolly: They are off their trolleys.
Mr Kaine: Mr Temporary Deputy Speaker, talking about unparliamentary language, I would call attention to the Leader of the Opposition.
MR TEMPORARY DEPUTY SPEAKER: Yes, Ms Follett. I request that you withdraw that remark.
Mr Moore: I take a point of order, Mr Temporary Deputy Speaker. The Chief Minister, in drawing it to your attention, has not raised a point of order. He did not stand up; he just interjected.
MR TEMPORARY DEPUTY SPEAKER: Order! Mr Moore, the Chief Minister does not have to raise a point of order.
Mr Connolly: I take a point of order. You have ruled that "off their trolleys" or "off his trolley" is parliamentary, instantly, with no reference. You just ruled that way because we raised it. The Chief Minister, while sitting down, simply purports to direct you to object to the word "loon", I presume. Well, if "off your trolley" is parliamentary, how is "loon" unparliamentary?
Mr Kaine: That was not the word that was used. You should listen, Mr Connolly.
Mr Connolly: I do not think it was Ms Follett who said that. I think somebody else who interjected said that. I would suggest, Mr Temporary Deputy Speaker, that we have to have some consistency here. If you expect the Opposition to be restrained in its language you also have to upbraid the Government when they interject in such fashion, in particular when it is the Chief Minister. For the Chief Minister, while sitting, not even seeing fit to stand up and take a point of order, to have you act on it is extraordinary.
MR TEMPORARY DEPUTY SPEAKER: Mr Connolly, it was my view that the term "off the trolley" was entirely different from the term used by Ms Follett. Therefore I rule accordingly.
Mr Berry: Mr Temporary Deputy Speaker, now that there are no speakers from the opposite side, can I encourage you to put it to the vote?
Mr Wood: I am entitled to my right of reply.
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