Page 3285 - Week 08 - Wednesday, 22 August 2012
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MR SPEAKER: Mrs Dunne, I think the point is made. Ms Burch, I would ask you to restrict your comments to the scope of the motion.
MS BURCH: Thank you, Mr Speaker. It is about support to the GSO—
Mrs Dunne: It is the CSO.
MS BURCH:—the CSO and to our musical institutions and to our arts fraternity here in the ACT. I was just reflecting on Campbell Newman’s act in attacking the state’s literary prize.
Mrs Dunne: You were asked not to.
MR SPEAKER: Thank you; we will just move on from that now.
MS BURCH: But that said, Mr Speaker, as I have said earlier today, the Canberra Liberals are not earnest in their support of arts where they consider that to be negotiable and not of any core importance to them. In fact, we have had here in this place Mr Hanson calling for a ban on all public art.
Mr Coe interjecting—
MR SPEAKER: Order! Let us continue.
MS BURCH: Thank you. And other publications have been put out under the authority of the Canberra Liberals where matters such as art are clearly negotiable.
Mrs Dunne: Relevance, Mr Speaker.
MS BURCH: So as far as support for the CSO—
Mrs Dunne: Point of order, Mr Speaker.
MR SPEAKER: Order! One moment, Ms Burch. Thank you. Stop the clocks.
Mrs Dunne: Minister Burch is flouting your ruling. You have asked her to be relevant to the motion, which is about the CSO, the Canberra Symphony Orchestra. I am not quite sure what the GSO is. It is about the CSO and Minister Burch cannot keep to your ruling and keep to the motion. She has gone on about Campbell Newman. Now she wants to talk about public art. Can she just keep with the spirit of the motion and keep to your directions.
MR SPEAKER: At this point there is no point of order on this one. Whilst I think that the Queensland situation was well outside the scope of the motion, I think the Canberra arts issue is within the scope at this point. But, Ms Burch, let us not dwell on this point for too long.
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