House of Assembly - Fifty-First Parliament, Third Session (51-3)
2009-06-02 Daily Xml

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JUDICIAL OFFICERS

Mrs REDMOND (Heysen) (15:05): Did the Attorney-General, or any member of his staff or anyone else at his request, have any discussions with the member for Newland or any member of his staff in order to arrange for the question on notice in the name of the member for Newland which currently appears on the Notice Paper? Out of 481 questions on the Notice Paper of the House of Assembly, 480 are from members of the opposition or Independent members and only one question (from the member for Newland) is from a government member of parliament.

The SPEAKER: I am not comfortable with this line of questioning. However, the member for Heysen has put it on the record and I do not want to deny the Attorney-General an opportunity to respond, but I am inclined to rule the question out of order. I do not see that the Attorney-General has any responsibility for questions placed on the Notice Paper or questions asked by—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

Mrs REDMOND: Are you ruling it out of order or not?

The SPEAKER: Order! Yes, I rule it out of order.