Page 3930 - Week 09 - Thursday, 25 August 2011
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to desist. This is the last time. The next time I hear his voice while I am sitting in the chair—
Mr Hanson: Mr Assistant Speaker—
MR ASSISTANT SPEAKER: Please resume your seat, Mr Hanson, I have not finished; you can rise when I am. I have asked repeatedly that Mr Smyth hear the Chief Minister in silence. So far he has ignored me. If I hear his voice in interjection again, in the context of my time in this chair, he shall be warned. Mr Hanson, do you have a point to make?
Mr Hanson: Mr Assistant Speaker, Mr Smyth was not actually saying anything. He was not making any interjections.
MR ASSISTANT SPEAKER: Mr Hanson, there is no point of order—
Mr Hanson: What was occurring—
MR ASSISTANT SPEAKER: Mr Hanson, there is no point of order. There is no point of order. Resume your seat, otherwise I will warn you. Resume your seat. Resume your seat or move dissent from a ruling of the chair. I would welcome that. Chief Minister.
Mr Doszpot: You are itching for a fight, aren’t you, John.
MR ASSISTANT SPEAKER: Mr Doszpot, you are warned. That was an inappropriate reflection on the chair.
Mr Hanson: He wasn’t saying anything.
MR ASSISTANT SPEAKER: Mr Hanson, you are warned as well. We have two warnings on the go.
Mr Smyth: Oh, let’s have a third then.
MR ASSISTANT SPEAKER: Three. We are going to make it a round three. Anybody else want a go? Right, that is three warnings on the go—one reflection on the chair and two for repeatedly ignoring the directions of the chair. Chief Minister, the floor is yours.
MS GALLAGHER: Thank you, Mr Assistant Speaker, and I do find it interesting that this matter of public importance is actually on promoting the importance of a positive culture in the ACT public service. Here on display this afternoon we have a repeat performance from the Canberra Liberals displaying what they have been doing for the last three years, which is the worst example of bullying, harassment and disrespect that we see on a daily basis in this chamber.
This is the message that we send to our public service—this conduct, this disrespect to you, Mr Assistant Speaker, as the presiding officer of the parliament, disrespect to every other member when they are on their feet talking, this bullying and harassing
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