Personal Explanation

Members' Remarks

The Hon. F. PANGALLO (15:23): I seek leave to make a person explanation.

Leave granted.

The Hon. F. PANGALLO: I rise to object to the Treasurer's flailing attempts to beat me up and some sneering attempts from one of the other—

The PRESIDENT: You can make a personal explanation without debate.

The Hon. F. PANGALLO: I will. I will point out in relation to that, the Attorney-General has—

The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: Point of order: when one seeks to make a personal explanation one must simply state where one has been misrepresented and then sit down.

The PRESIDENT: And I am asking the honourable member to do so without debate.

The Hon. F. PANGALLO: Okay. I would just like to point out that in my question I made no inference reflecting on the character of both the Premier and the Attorney-General, and it was wrong for the Treasurer to state that. I raised a serious issue, and I simply asked questions.

The PRESIDENT: I call on the business of the day. The Treasurer has the call.

Members interjecting:

The Hon. R.I. LUCAS: Hell will freeze over before I apologise for that. I move:

That Orders of the Day, Government Business, Nos 1 to 3 be postponed and taken into consideration after Orders of the Day, Government Business, No. 4.

The PRESIDENT: I will put that question. I do reflect on the fact that the last person I heard in a parliamentary sense use the term 'Hell freezes over' is no longer in that position, but I would not want to—

The Hon. R.I. Lucas: Who is that?

The PRESIDENT: The former Deputy Prime Minister.

Motion carried.