Page 2818 - Week 07 - Wednesday, 29 June 2011
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Mr Seselja: Mr Speaker, on the point of order, you have ruled a number of times, particularly in relation to questions from Mr Hargreaves and others, and you have given significant latitude in relation to this matter.
MR SPEAKER: There is no point of order at this stage. I think that Mrs Dunne’s question is consistent with the style of questions that are regularly asked in the chamber.
MS GALLAGHER: I think Mrs Dunne’s question was how would I feel if those comments had been made about me.
Mrs Dunne: No, that was not the question.
MS GALLAGHER: Well, maybe—
Mrs Dunne: Mr Speaker, could I clarify the question?
MS GALLAGHER: Vicki, repeat the question; it is fine.
MRS DUNNE: I will repeat the question; thank you. Mr Speaker, while I am repeating the question, would it be appropriate to stop the clock?
MR SPEAKER: Yes, stop the clocks, thank you. Let us hear Mrs Dunne’s question again.
MRS DUNNE: Chief Minister, would you consider the comments acceptable if they were made about you, and would you be satisfied if the perpetrator said that he was only “sorry for the offence caused” and not the language used? Would you be satisfied with that? Would you be satisfied if you were told that it was a “joke” and then would you be satisfied if you were subsequently told to watch your own language?
MS GALLAGHER: I do not know what Mrs Dunne is referring to. I do not know what Mr Hargreaves said to you, Mrs Dunne, that seems to—
Members interjecting—
MR SPEAKER: Order! The Chief Minister is answering the question. Let us hear her.
MS GALLAGHER: I did not hear the interjection. Mrs Dunne, maybe I am misunderstanding your question, but I understand that your question is around Mr Hargreaves’s apology to you.
Mrs Dunne: No, it is about the content of what he said and whether it is appropriate and professional for someone to use it in the workplace.
MS GALLAGHER: Well, I am misunderstanding. I have already said that I think the comment was inappropriate and that an apology was required. I spoke to
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