Page 1305 - Week 04 - Tuesday, 27 March 2012
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Mr Hargreaves: On the point of order, Mr Speaker.
MR SPEAKER: Yes, Mr Hargreaves.
Mr Hargreaves: Mr Speaker, I would like to quote to you the last part of my original question. It goes to: are there any precedents for such newsletters? The Chief Minister is referring to a newsletter which was circulated in the past. That was the deliberate reason for that particular phrase in the question.
Mrs Dunne: On the point of order, I would submit that if Ms Porter wanted to keep this in order she should have asked that question in a supplementary, not in the original question.
Mr Hargreaves: Mr Speaker, we are entitled to ask a related subclause part of the question in the original question. That is an entitlement in this house. It has been that way since day one.
Members interjecting—
MR SPEAKER: Thank you, members. Order! I think it is best if the Chief Minister sticks to answering the current question, not Mr Hargreaves’s earlier question. Ms Porter’s question was fairly specific, so let us stick to that, thank you.
MS GALLAGHER: Thank you, Mr Speaker. I can confirm that no government minister is a question in the crossword. In fact, the crossword has been cut out altogether; there is no crossword. Indeed, I can also confirm that seven out of the 14 photos are not of ministers—indeed, on some of the pages it was Brendan in every single photo. I would highly recommend this as reading for all members.
MR SPEAKER: Mr Seselja, a supplementary.
MR SESELJA: Thank you, Mr Speaker. Minister, do you bear responsibility for the massive blow-out in the costs of the Cotter Dam? Will the next newsletter update give the community a detail of those cost blow-outs?
Mr Corbell: The question is out of order.
MS GALLAGHER: I do not how it is in order, Mr Speaker.
Opposition members interjecting—
MS GALLAGHER: I am happy to answer it and I certainly will not walk away from it.
Members interjecting—
MR SPEAKER: Order! Stop the clocks, thank you. The Chief Minister still has the floor. Members, the standing order is quite clear that Mr Seselja is free to ask a question—
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