Page 2575 - Week 07 - Tuesday, 5 June 2012
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And you, Mrs Dunne, advising the Chief Minister at the time, certainly did not take the matters that you now hold close to your heart as seriously as you do now, and the evidence is there. The evidence is clear. It was dysfunctional, it was under-resourced, it lacked attention. The minister, Bill Stefaniak, at the time—I do not even think he knew or was aware that he actually had responsibility for care and protection—
Mr Hanson: Well, you appointed him as a—
MADAM DEPUTY SPEAKER: Mr Hanson, you are warned.
MS GALLAGHER: because it was added on to the education portfolio as an add-on.
Mr Hanson: That’s interesting, then.
MADAM DEPUTY SPEAKER: Mr Hanson, you are warned.
Mr Hanson: Pardon? I beg your pardon, Madam Deputy Speaker.
MS GALLAGHER: And then we go and have a look—
MADAM DEPUTY SPEAKER: I said, “You are warned.”
Mr Hanson: Just on your warning, Madam Deputy Speaker, that is the first comment I have made in two hours of being in the chamber this morning.
MADAM DEPUTY SPEAKER: Mr Hanson—
MS GALLAGHER: That is not true.
Mr Hanson: It is true.
MS GALLAGHER: No, it’s not.
MADAM DEPUTY SPEAKER: Mr Hanson, I said, “The next person to interject in the chamber will be warned,” and you are. Thank you, Ms Gallagher.
Mr Seselja: Madam Deputy Speaker, just on your ruling, Ms Gallagher has interjected across the chamber. So would you apply the same standard to her as you did to Mr Hanson?
MADAM DEPUTY SPEAKER: I will apply the same standard across the chamber. You do not have to worry about that, Mr Seselja.
Mr Seselja: Okay, thank you. Then I draw your attention to, and seek your ruling on, the fact that Ms Gallagher did clearly interject across the chamber. Based on your ruling will you now warn her?
MADAM DEPUTY SPEAKER: Sorry, Mr Seselja, I was having difficulty hearing anything above Mr Hanson’s talking back to me.
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