Page 108 - Week 01 - Tuesday, 14 February 2012
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Mr Barr: It is a reflection on a vote of this place. That is not what this place voted for. He is seeking to misstate and to reinterpret what the Assembly voted for, and he knows very well it is a legal requirement of the commonwealth—not something that this territory or that this government or the Greens can refer to the commonwealth; it is a legal requirement.
MR SESELJA: Is there a point of order here? He cannot give a speech, Madam Deputy Speaker.
MADAM DEPUTY SPEAKER: Resume your seat, Mr Barr. Mr Seselja, I have not actually been able to understand what Mr Barr was saying in his point of order because you have been speaking over him the whole time, so I really do not know the point he was trying to make.
MR SESELJA: There was no point of order.
MADAM DEPUTY SPEAKER: You may make that point, but I was having trouble understanding what the point of order was because of your interjections.
MR SESELJA: I will make the point that there is no point of order. He has not actually pointed to a standing order or any practice in this place that would stop me from continuing my speech.
MADAM DEPUTY SPEAKER: Mr Barr, could you just briefly come to the point of order?
Mr Barr: Yes. I was referring to the Leader of the Opposition reflecting on a vote of the Assembly—
MR SESELJA: It was not a reflection on a vote.
Mr Barr: and indicating that it was something that it was not.
MR SESELJA: It is a debating point. He can seek leave to speak again.
MADAM DEPUTY SPEAKER: Mr Seselja, this is not a debate; it is a discussion, and I want you to remain relevant to the subject of the matter of public importance, please.
MR SESELJA: I do not think anyone is suggesting that I was not, Madam Deputy Speaker.
MADAM DEPUTY SPEAKER: I am, actually.
MR SESELJA: We are talking about housing affordability and so I will come back to that.
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