Members

Gout, Mr Hendrik

The SPEAKER (14:04): Members may have noticed that the Speaker was engaged in litigation with Channel 7 over a particular Today Tonight program. I am pleased to say that matter has resolved on a most satisfactory basis, and therefore it will not be necessary to put on oath either Hendrik Gout or the member for Unley on the question of why Hendrik Gout thought that Mrs Judith Atkinson, the childcare centre owner, was my wife.

Mr PISONI: Point of order: are you making the accusation that I had anything to do with that? Are you? Was that established?

The SPEAKER: Do you have a point? Would you like to make a personal—

Mr PISONI: I am asking you. You have made a serious allegation—

The SPEAKER: Would you like to make a personal explanation?

Mr PISONI: —and I am asking you: do you stand by it? Do you stand by the allegation you have just made?

The SPEAKER: Would you like to make a personal explanation?