Page 5114 - Week 16 - Wednesday, 27 November 1991
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MR TEMPORARY DEPUTY SPEAKER: Mr Connolly, I am in the chair; you are not in the chair; and I request that you withdraw that.
Mrs Grassby: Why do you not move out of the chair and let us debate it?
MR TEMPORARY DEPUTY SPEAKER: Mrs Grassby, please!
Mr Connolly: I withdraw.
MR TEMPORARY DEPUTY SPEAKER: Thank you, Mr Connolly. Mr Stevenson, maintain relevance, please.
MR STEVENSON: Thank you, Mr Temporary Deputy Speaker. What can be more relevant to a debate about unions than Labor, or the fact that Labor does not stand, as so often we see from its policies, for - - -
Mr Connolly: Mr Temporary Deputy Speaker, I raise a point of order. We have again a rant about the Labor Party's policies on unemployment. Are you going to impartially uphold the Speaker's ruling about relevance, or are you going to allow Mr Stevenson to take this as a debate about the political goals of the Labor Party and consistently overrule me?
MR TEMPORARY DEPUTY SPEAKER: Mr Connolly, resume your seat, please.
Mr Connolly: Well, you are not prepared to listen to the point of order.
MR TEMPORARY DEPUTY SPEAKER: Resume your seat. You are implying that I am not acting impartially. I request that you withdraw that.
Mr Connolly: No, Mr Temporary Deputy Speaker, I was taking a fresh point of order after you had ruled. Mr Stevenson then began again saying that he thought it was relevant to talk about the policies of the Labor Party in relation to general employment issues. I then asked whether, Mr Temporary Deputy Speaker, you are now prepared to take the point of relevance, as the Speaker had previously.
MR TEMPORARY DEPUTY SPEAKER: I have already indicated my point of view, Mr Connolly, and I request that, once again, you withdraw the implication that I am not acting impartially.
Mr Connolly: No, I see no implication. I have asked you - - -
Mr Collaery: Mr Temporary Deputy Speaker, on the point of order: I rise to - - -
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