HANSARD
SITTING CALENDAR
SEARCH
LIVE BROADCAST
Hansard Dynamic Member Index
House of Assembly - Fifty-Second Parliament, First Session (52-1)
2011-07-06 Daily Xml
Contents
Pdf Xml

ELLIS, MR B.

Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg) (16:10): Will the Premier repudiate comments made earlier this week by his speechwriter, Bob Ellis, regarding sexual misconduct, and will the Premier undertake that he will no longer engage Mr Ellis to write those speeches?

The Hon. M.D. RANN (Ramsay—Premier, Minister for Economic Development, Minister for Social Inclusion, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Sustainability and Climate Change) (16:10): I regard with repugnance the views expressed in that article on the ABC website about women, just as I view with repugnance the views expressed by Cory Bernardi about race, ethnicity and faith, and just as I view with repugnance the views expressed by the Leader of the Opposition after her meeting with the President of Cyprus.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! Supplementary.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! Point of order.

The Hon. K.O. FOLEY: The Leader of the Opposition, quite audibly to our side, just called the Premier a liar. That is unparliamentary and I ask her to withdraw it and apologise.

The SPEAKER: Did the Leader of the Opposition call the Premier a liar? I ask her to withdraw that remark if she did.

Mrs REDMOND: I didn't call him a liar, no.

An honourable member: You did!

Mrs REDMOND: No, I didn't. I said he was a lying so-and-so.

The SPEAKER: I ask the Leader of the Opposition to withdraw that remark also.

Mrs REDMOND: I withdraw and apologise, Madam Speaker.

The SPEAKER: Thank you. Member for Bragg, you have a supplementary question, I understand.

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS
MEMBERS
GET INVOLVED
ABOUT PARLIAMENT
VISIT
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY
CONTACT