Page 1411 - Week 05 - Wednesday, 10 April 2013

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spent. We have got these priorities where it is okay to spend lots of money on things that are ideologically driven. It is time that your ideology embraced some of the needs of our community. I think that needed to be said.

I must pay due respect to Mr Seselja’s initial involvement in and support of this whole autism school. This is not something that is my own issue; this is something that is embraced by all of the Liberal Party. Mr Hanson, in his new role as the new leader of the Liberals, has taken on the very same passion that Mr Seselja shared with us in this. We are very keen on making sure that this happens. If it does not happen under our watch as government, which we wanted to happen, we would be very pleased if it happened under yours, Ms Burch.

That is what we are here about. Your amendment came to us halfway through my speech. Quite frankly, I find it offensive that you are not paying attention to the very simple exercise that we are trying to introduce into this Assembly, and I will just close with my last remarks on this, to:

… provide more targeted education support through the establishment of a school specifically for children diagnosed with ASD …

I must thank Mr Rattenbury. I believe Mr Rattenbury has given some very interesting insights into his collaboration and the reasons why he could not support the motion. I do not believe that I accept some of it, but I do accept Mr Rattenbury’s honest approach to it. He stuck to the point and wanted to make sure that at least we were concentrating on the issue at hand, the children and the community. But when it comes down to the priorities, as Mr Hanson mentioned, the priorities seem to be a long way from what we are trying to introduce here.

We will not be supporting the amendment. I ask members of this Assembly to support the motion that is in my name.

Question put:

That the amendment be agreed to.

The Assembly voted—

Ayes 9

Noes 8

Mr Barr

Ms Gallagher

Mr Coe

Mr Seselja

Ms Berry

Mr Gentleman

Mr Doszpot

Mr Smyth

Dr Bourke

Ms Porter

Mrs Dunne

Mr Wall

Ms Burch

Mr Rattenbury

Mr Hanson

Mr Corbell

Mrs Jones

Question so resolved in the affirmative.

Amendment agreed to.

Motion, as amended, agreed to.

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