Page 14 - Week 01 - Tuesday, 25 February 2014
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And we all know that Mel Brooks also did that. Perhaps we do know what you did with Gary Humphries. Gary Humphries made the ultimate sacrifice. For being in The Producers, Gary Humphries was kicked out of preselection and kicked out of the Senate. If that is your level of standard, I think that is incredible.
Let me mention a quote: “We live in a free society and it is important that artists express themselves freely.”
Mr Hanson interjecting—
MADAM SPEAKER: Mr Hanson!
MS BURCH: “We live in a free society and it is important that artists express themselves freely.” Do you agree or disagree with that comment?
Mr Hanson: Madam Speaker, I acknowledge that I have made a number of interjections—
MADAM SPEAKER: Are you making a point of order?
Mr Hanson: The point of order is under standing order 42, Madam Speaker. The minister is required to address her comments to you, not to other members. If she is going to continue to address her comments to me, it does make it difficult for me not to respond.
MADAM SPEAKER: I was going to draw that to members’ attention at the conclusion of Ms Burch’s speech. This is a serious matter, and I was not going to interrupt the debate for small points of order. I was going to do that. Can we stop the clock, please. I cannot turn back the clock. I can stop the clock, which has been stopped, Ms Burch. Now that we have stopped the debate, I will make the observations that I was going to make at the end of the debate.
Standing order 42 requires members to address the chair. Ms Burch, you have consistently throughout your remarks failed to address the chair but have addressed the opposition. I was not going to pull you up because of the seriousness of the debate.
On the matter of interjection, at the beginning of Mr Hanson’s comments Mr Barr started to interject and I called him to order. Thank you, Mr Barr, for coming to order. Since then I have called members of the opposition to order on a number of occasions, and you have not come to order. If interjections continue, I will start issuing warnings and I will start taking names.
MS BURCH: With the time left, I will move on to cover a few other things. That quote, by the way, was from Malcolm Turnbull. You may be interested to know that, Madam Speaker.
Let us refer to CIT. I have stood in this place. The Public Service Commission has reported that there was no systemic bullying found at CIT. There is no doubt that some people were hurt and aggrieved, but there was no systemic bullying. Let us be very clear that that is on the public record.
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