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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1996 Week 14 Hansard (12 December) . . Page.. 4821 ..

MR DE DOMENICO: Mr Speaker, can I use standing order 47 to make a personal explanation?

MR SPEAKER: It is standing order 46, in fact. It is after the event.

MR DE DOMENICO: Thank you. Mr Speaker, during the course of question time, during a question that Mr Moore asked of Mr Osborne, which may or may not have been in order, but seeing it is Christmas you held that it was in order - - -

MR SPEAKER: Order! You cannot reflect on that, Mr De Domenico. This is a personal explanation under standing order 46.

MR DE DOMENICO: Okay. I take away the reflection. Thank you. Mr Osborne said that - - -

Mr Moore: I raise a point of order, Mr Speaker.

MR SPEAKER: What is your point of order?

Mr Moore: Mr Speaker, standing order 46 makes it very clear in its last section that such matters may not be debated. Already Mr De Domenico is debating it.

MR SPEAKER: I will be the judge of that. It is a personal explanation.

Mr Moore: On a point of order, Mr Speaker: Of course, you will be the judge of it, Mr Speaker.

MR SPEAKER: Mr Moore, if you continue to interrupt I will deal with you under standing order 202.

Mr Moore: Mr Speaker, of course you will; but I will point out that it is appropriate for members to rise to draw your attention to when standing orders are being breached.

MR SPEAKER: I will be the judge of that. I have already reminded Mr De Domenico that it is an explanation of a personal nature.

Mr Osborne: Give us as fair a go as you give the Government. That is all.

MR DE DOMENICO: Thank you, Mr Speaker. I will refer to that under standing order 46, if I am not rudely interrupted again, and then you will use standing order 202, I am sure. Considering the legislation that is going to be debated this afternoon, I am sure you will use standing order 202. Mr Speaker, Mr Osborne suggested that he had not been - - -

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