Page 2411 - Week 06 - Thursday, 23 June 2011
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MR CORBELL: I beg Mrs Dunne’s pardon. I note that there perhaps was an acknowledgement that there was an artifice in relation to the inner north ponds project.
Mrs Dunne: The Auditor-General’s report on the north Weston ponds.
MR SPEAKER: Mrs Dunne, I remind you that you are on a warning from Assistant Speaker Hargreaves this morning.
MR CORBELL: I do apologise for the misunderstanding. In relation to the north Weston ponds project, of course this project is vital for the delivery—
Mr Seselja: He is a bit touchy on those other ponds. They are in his head.
MR CORBELL: Are you interested in the answer or is this just a joke?
Mr Seselja: I’m glad we are on the right ponds now.
MR CORBELL: I will conclude my answer.
Members interjecting—
MR SPEAKER: Order, members! Mrs Dunne, a supplementary question?
MRS DUNNE: Given the minister’s incapacity to answer the first question, what guarantees can you, minister, give the Assembly and Canberra taxpayers that the cost of this project will not blow out further?
Mr Seselja: That is pathetic, Simon.
MR CORBELL: The only person who is pathetic in this place is you, Mr Seselja.
MR SPEAKER: Order! One moment, Mr Corbell. Mr Seselja and Mr Corbell, that was unnecessary and unparliamentary. Let us continue with the question, thank you.
Mr Hanson: Mr Speaker, if I could beg your indulgence—
MR SPEAKER: Is this a point of order, Mr Hanson?
Mr Hanson: It is a point of order.
MR SPEAKER: Yes.
Mr Hanson: This is about the fifth or sixth time now that Mr Corbell has been called to account for unparliamentary statements or interjecting. It just seems that there is a gross inconsistency where members of this side have been warned, whereas Mr Corbell relentlessly either does not accept the rulings of the Speaker or flouts the rules of this place and does not get warned. I just wonder if you could pay attention to consistency of the rulings between the government and the opposition.
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