Page 5696 - Week 14 - Tuesday, 6 December 2011
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Mr Hargreaves: Mr Speaker, I wonder whether your ruling is that—
MR SPEAKER: Sorry, Mr Hargreaves. Start again.
Mr Hargreaves: I seek your ruling on whether that question is seeking a hypothetical response from the Chief Minister.
MR SPEAKER: There is no point of order. I think the Chief Minister has the relevant decision-making power here to set the criteria, so the question can proceed.
MS GALLAGHER: Thank you, Mr Speaker. I draw Mr Hanson’s attention to the fact that this should not have come as a surprise to the opposition, if it has, because it was a recommendation of the Hamburger report. Investigating a regulated tattooing service, Mr Hanson—
Members interjecting—
MS GALLAGHER: You ask a scaremongering, pathetic question. You could at least give me the respect of allowing me to actually answer it. We know what you are about, Mr Hanson. We know that you are the head in the sand and do not want to deal with tough issues that might make you have to take a stand, have to stand for something—
Members interjecting—
MS GALLAGHER: Oh, there; he is standing for something. Maybe you will tell us.
Mr Hanson: Mr Speaker, you asked Mr Seselja to withdraw the phrase “head in the sand”. I seek that you apply the same ruling here.
Mr Hargreaves: On the point of order, Mr Speaker.
MR SPEAKER: Yes.
Mr Hargreaves: I am fairly well acquainted with those unparliamentary phrases and I do not recall that anything about sticking one’s head in the sand is on that list.
Members interjecting—
MR SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr Hargreaves, resume your seat. There is no point of order. Members are well aware that the use of a certain phrase is very much about how it is used, the timing used and the tone in which it is used. It is quite clear from factors—
Members interjecting—
MR SPEAKER: Order, members. Ms Gallagher has the floor.
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