Page 5134 - Week 16 - Wednesday, 27 November 1991
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Mr Stefaniak: I do, indeed. It is to clause 7, Mr Temporary Deputy Speaker.
MR TEMPORARY DEPUTY SPEAKER: I call Mr Stefaniak.
MR STEFANIAK (6.17): In relation to this, members - - -
Mr Connolly: Mr Temporary Deputy Speaker, I rise on a point of order. There is a bit of confusion here. We actually had a vote and a call on the question - which is that clause 7 be agreed to - and you called it. Mr Stevenson called for a division, or called for a call of votes. It was then remembered that Mr Stefaniak had forgotten to move his amendment, but we cannot just - - -
Mr Humphries: That is right; deny a vote on the matter.
Mr Connolly: No; there are forms of the house and they need to be observed. We can get back to Mr Stefaniak, but we need to do it appropriately.
MR TEMPORARY DEPUTY SPEAKER: Order, Mr Connolly! Is it the wish of the Assembly that we return to clause 7?
Mr Stefaniak: Yes.
Mr Berry: Mr Temporary Deputy Speaker, that is not an appropriate course. I think that, if a member wishes to do that, the member ought to be allowed to move it.
MR TEMPORARY DEPUTY SPEAKER: I asked whether it was the wish of the Assembly, Mr Berry.
Mr Berry: Well, if somebody wants to move it, that is fair enough; but - - -
MR TEMPORARY DEPUTY SPEAKER: I have called Mr Stefaniak.
MR STEFANIAK: I move:
Page 7, line 17, subclause (1), add at the end the following paragraph: "(1) membership or non-membership of an association of students or a voluntary body.".
This amendment follows on from the previous amendment, although it is in a different category in that it is not covered by the Industrial Relations Act in any way. The arguments for this amendment are very similar to the arguments for the amendment that has just been defeated 10 votes to 7, except that this matter is not covered by the Industrial Relations Act or any other Act that I can think of at this stage. It deals with membership or non-membership of an association of students or a voluntary body.
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