Page 2266 - Week 07 - Tuesday, 16 June 2009
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MR SPEAKER: There is no ruling here, Mr Corbell. I just simply, under the standing orders—
MR CORBELL: Mr Speaker, you have agreed that Mr Hanson should be given precedence to move a motion, and I am objecting to that decision and asking that the Assembly vote on the matter.
Mr Smyth: On a point of order, Mr Speaker: the Assembly will get to vote on the matter if Mr Hanson rises in his place—
MR CORBELL: No, not on the matter, Mr Speaker—
MR SPEAKER: Order, Mr Corbell! Mr Smyth has the floor. I will come to you in a moment.
Mr Smyth: Mr Speaker, if the leader of the house would acquaint himself with the standing orders, which obviously you are across, standing order 276, in chapter 26, “Privilege and contempt”, clearly outlines the process for this event. Standing order 276(e) says:
(e) if, in the opinion of the Speaker, the matter merits precedence, the Speaker will inform the Member who raised the matter … and the Member … may move a motion …
There is clearly a process outlined here, and I think Mr Corbell, in his attempt to deflect what is occurring here, is misinformed and should acquaint himself with the standing orders.
MR CORBELL: Mr Speaker, on the point of order: the objection is that the matter be granted precedence. That is the objection. You have ruled that you are prepared to give precedence to the matter and I object, and the government objects, to precedence being given to the matter and being debated at this time. We certainly do not object to Mr Hanson using the normal forms of the Assembly to progress the matter, but we do not agree that the matter be given precedence and we dissent from your ruling in that regard. It is a ruling of the chair providing precedence to Mr Hanson.
MR SPEAKER: Thank you, Mr Corbell. I have taken the opportunity, on advice from the Clerk, to look at House of Representatives Practice. Under this standing order, on a complaint raised under this standing order, it is not a ruling, according to House of Representatives Practice, so a dissent motion is not in order.
MR CORBELL (Molonglo—Attorney-General, Minister for the Environment, Climate Change and Water, Minister for Energy and Minister for Police and Emergency Services) (10.07): Mr Speaker, I dissent from your ruling on my motion. I move:
That the Speaker’s ruling be dissented from.
MR SPEAKER: Okay, that is a ruling, Mr Corbell, so we will now consider this.
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