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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2001 Week 6 Hansard (13 June) . . Page.. 1587 ..

Mr Berry: Mr Speaker, on a point of order: it is accepted practice that, once you have moved a motion, if you say no more you have in fact spoken to the motion. Mr Humphries chose not to say any more. Mr Hird and Mr Kaine then rose and spoke to the motion. Mr Humphries is closing the debate.

Mr Humphries: If I may speak to that point, Mr Speaker. I rose to move a motion on the floor of this place. Then Mr Kaine rose in his place.

Mr Wood: That is when you should have complained.

Mr Quinlan: Yes, when he was on his feet.

MR SPEAKER: Order!

Mr Wood: You missed the boat.

MR SPEAKER: Order!

Mr Humphries: Mr Speaker, I rose to move a motion to suspend standing orders in this place. Before I was able to say anything on your invitation to speak to this motion, Mr Kaine rose in his place.

MR SPEAKER: That is correct.

Mr Humphries: I assumed that Mr Kaine was taking a point of order. Then Mr Hird rose.

MR SPEAKER: That is quite correct.

Mr Humphries: He expressed his comments as being on the point of order. So there were two speakers on what I thought was a point of order. I was waiting patiently to be called by the Speaker to speak to my motion.

Mr Hargreaves: As is your habit.

Mr Berry: Mr Humphries has been in this place too long to plead ignorance of the standing orders.

MR SPEAKER: Just a moment please. If there is any fault in this matter it is the fault of the chair for not recognising Mr Humphries when he moved the motion. Instead of calling Mr Kaine and then Mr Hird, I should have called Mr Humphries.

Mr Berry: Well Mr Humphries is a big boy. He could have raised the point earlier.

MR SPEAKER: He is taking the point now and I am upholding it.

Mr Berry: Upholding what?

MR SPEAKER: I am upholding it.

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