Page 2156 - Week 08 - Thursday, 10 September 1992
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Mr Kaine: No perhaps; an absolute inconsistency.
MADAM SPEAKER: I am speaking and I am listening to Mr Humphries, not to you, Mr Kaine.
MR HUMPHRIES: You have not heard a thing I have said so far.
MADAM SPEAKER: I heard the second part of your statement after you had withdrawn. I heard you say that you have a second point of order in relation to an inconsistency in my ruling. I will take that on notice and deal with it after I have read the Hansard.
Mr Berry: No; he should withdraw that, too.
Mr De Domenico: I take a point of order, Madam Speaker. Would you suggest to the Deputy Chief Minister that he should also listen intently and keep his mouth shut while you are speaking?
MADAM SPEAKER: Thank you for that bit of advice, Mr De Domenico. Mr Humphries, would you like to - - -
MR HUMPHRIES: Madam Speaker, I have not yet been able to take my point of order. I am interrupted constantly by the Deputy Chief Minister and by you. I ask for the courtesy of being able to make my point of order.
MADAM SPEAKER: Right. Would you like to take a further point of order, Mr Humphries?
MR HUMPHRIES: I would like to raise the same point of order that I have been trying to make for the last five minutes.
MADAM SPEAKER: All right, I will now listen to the second one.
MR HUMPHRIES: Madam Speaker, you ruled yesterday, in answer to a point of order raised by members of the Opposition, by me in particular, that this statement by Mr Berry was in order; it was not unparliamentary. Mr Berry quoted or paraphrased a statement of the Opposition and he said - - -
Mr Berry: No, I didn't.
MR HUMPHRIES: You certainly did, Mr Berry. He said, "Statements like 'free up drug use' are clearly lies".
Mr Berry: That is right. I said that.
MR HUMPHRIES: You ruled that to be parliamentary. Today, when I quoted again or paraphrased again a statement of the Chief Minister and said that that statement is clearly a lie, you ruled that I had to withdraw. Madam Speaker, your impartiality is at risk.
MADAM SPEAKER: Thank you for that point of order, Mr Humphries.
Mr Kaine: He has not finished his point of order yet.
MADAM SPEAKER: Thank you, Mr Kaine. Thank you, Mr Humphries.
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