Page 3200 - Week 10 - Thursday, 15 August 2013

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stand up for the government. He had his chance to say, “This estimates report should not go ahead,” but, of course, he rolled—and then rolled and rolled and kept on rolling. He rolled 597 times! He was rolling so fast he rolled backwards a couple of times to roll over again. He said, “I’ll roll over on the arts 20-odd times. Geez, that felt so good, I think I’ll roll again.” And so it continued.

The problem when you keep rolling over like this is that the disorientation cuts in, and suddenly you do not know where you are. So Mr Gentleman moved motions in the estimates committee that, because he was rolling around so much, he abstained from. “I think this is such a good idea that I’ll move a motion. Oh, hang on, no, what did Katy say? No, don’t vote for that. I abstain.”

We had the ridiculous scene in the estimates committee deliberation of a man who knew his own mind—twice! It is interesting that Mr Barr would raise recommendation 7 from the dissenting report.

Question put:

That the proposed expenditure be agreed to.

The Assembly voted—

Ayes 9		Noes 8
Mr Barr	Ms Gallagher	Mr Coe	Ms Lawder
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.

Proposed expenditure agreed to.

Clauses 1 to 11, by leave, taken together and agreed to.

Schedule 2 agreed to.

Title agreed to.

Bill agreed to.

Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Bill 2013-2014

Debate resumed from 4 July 2013, on motion by Mr Barr:

That this bill be agreed to in principle.

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