Page 5697 - Week 14 - Tuesday, 6 December 2011
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MS GALLAGHER: Thank you, Mr Speaker. If it assists with those opposite, I will withdraw the reference to “head in the sand”, but I would then go on to say that Mr Hanson’s position on blood-borne virus management in a correctional setting is one where he refuses to acknowledge the seriousness of the issue. One of the responses that I have as minister is to actually deal with these issues—even if there might not be agreement, even if there actually are difficult issues to grapple with—
Mr Hanson: Point of order, Mr Speaker.
MR SPEAKER: One moment, Ms Gallagher. Stop the clocks, thank you.
Mr Hanson: Could you stop the clocks, thanks.
MR SPEAKER: Mr Hanson, I will decide when the clocks get stopped. Thank you for your free advice.
Mr Hanson: I asked that the clocks be stopped while there was the time to do so.
MR SPEAKER: You do not need to ask. It is fine. Just continue—
Members interjecting—
MR SPEAKER: Order! Let’s just go to the point of order.
Members interjecting—
MR SPEAKER: Order! Sit down for a moment, Mr Hanson; I will come back to you. Mr Seselja, I do not appreciate your running commentary. If you have a point to make, stand on your feet and have the decency to say it openly.
Mr Seselja: I seek your ruling as to what Mr Hanson did wrong.
MR SPEAKER: I simply suggested to Mr Hanson that it is at the Speaker’s discretion whether the clocks get stopped or not. I had already called for the clocks to be stopped; I do not need guidance from Mr Hanson every time he thinks I should be stopping the clocks. That was the observation I was making. It was not a ruling; you know that as well as I do. Mr Hanson, you have the floor for your point of order.
Mr Hanson: My point of order is on relevance. The question I asked is about whether the Rebels would be eligible to conduct the tattooing. It is not about the relative merits or not of the actual program that the minister is—
Members interjecting—
MR SPEAKER: Minister, could you also address Mr Hanson’s specific point in your response, thank you.
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