Page 2151 - Week 06 - Tuesday, 21 June 2011
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Financial Management (One ACT Public Service) Amendment Bill 2011
Debate resumed from 3 May 2011, on motion by Ms Gallagher:
That this bill be agreed to in principle.
MR ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Mr Hargreaves): Mr Smyth, are you going to be Mr Seselja for a little while?
MR SMYTH (Brindabella) (7.30): Why not, Mr Assistant Speaker? I can do that. I do note that we have just jumped two matters, the first relating to the standing committee on planning and the second relating to committee membership. I suspect that is due to lack of courtesy in this place. I say to the new Chief Minister that it would be nice to know when these things have been changed. We are not unreasonable when we are asked if we can amend arrangements, but to have a domineering member swagger over to tell us he is changing things because he is the government is unacceptable. I think to do it this way—
MR ASSISTANT SPEAKER: Mr Smyth, could I beg your indulgence, please. If you want to have those conversations around those sorts of processes, could you have them outside the debate, please. I do not want to have to ask you to sit down, I really do not. But I might.
MR SMYTH: You can ask me.
MR ASSISTANT SPEAKER: I can actually demand it, as you know. We can have a debate on that but I would ask you to come please to the question—
MR SMYTH: I am coming to the order of the day
MR ASSISTANT SPEAKER: With some alacrity would be nice, please.
MR SMYTH: I am coming to the order of the day No 1, which unfortunately has skipped a committee statement from Ms Porter and a motion on committee membership by Mr Corbell. But they do not see that as—
Mr Corbell: Point of order.
MR ASSISTANT SPEAKER: Excuse me, Mr Smyth, would you resume your seat, please?
MR SMYTH: Certainly, Mr Assistant Speaker.
MR ASSISTANT SPEAKER: Thank you. Mr Corbell?
Mr Corbell: You have already drawn Mr Smyth’s attention to the fact that he needs to be relevant to the debate, Mr Deputy Speaker—I beg your pardon, Mr Assistant Speaker. He is ignoring your ruling. You should draw his attention to that and ask him
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