Page 5972 - Week 14 - Wednesday, 8 December 2010

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MADAM ASSISTANT SPEAKER: Members, please be quiet! Mr Corbell, the standing order has actually changed so we do not have to move that anymore. Upon naming a member, the Speaker shall forthwith put the question, with no amendment.

Question put:

That Mr Hanson be suspended from the service of the Assembly.

The Assembly voted—

Ayes 11		Noes 6
Mr Barr	Ms Hunter	Mr Coe	Mr Seselja
Ms Bresnan	Ms Le Couteur	Mr Doszpot	Mr Smyth
Ms Burch	Ms Porter	Mrs Dunne
Mr Corbell	Mr Rattenbury	Mr Hanson
Ms Gallagher	Mr Stanhope
Mr Hargreaves

Question so resolved in the affirmative.

Mr Hanson was therefore suspended at 3.55 pm, for three sitting hours in accordance with standing order 204, and he accordingly withdrew from the chamber.

Mr Stanhope: Madam Assistant Speaker, during the interregnum, in the taking of that vote, the Leader of the Opposition repeated the same unparliamentary claim and imputation against the Deputy Chief Minister and I ask that you ask him to withdraw.

MADAM ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Ms Le Couteur): Mr Stanhope, that will not be in the transcript. I was not paying sufficient attention. I think that we will have to leave that at this point of time. I believe this will not be repeated.

Mr Stanhope: The Leader of the Opposition knows what he said. As a matter of just personal honour and integrity he should withdraw in the way that Mr Hanson was required to withdraw the same accusation and imputation.

Mr Seselja: I have not said anything unparliamentary, Jon—not one word. You should sit down—and you should name him.

MADAM ASSISTANT SPEAKER: Mr Stanhope, there is no point of order on this. Mr Hargreaves.

Mr Hargreaves: Thanks very much, Madam Assistant Speaker. After you had made your ruling and after the vote, Mr Seselja said: “This is disgraceful. This is disgraceful.” I understand that to be another reflection on the chair and I would ask you to ask him to withdraw it or to explain himself.

MADAM ASSISTANT SPEAKER: Mr Hargreaves, I do not believe there is a point of order. It is unclear what Mr Seselja was referring to. I believe, however, we are at the point—

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