House of Assembly - Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)
2019-10-16 Daily Xml

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Hospital Beds

Mr MALINAUSKAS (Croydon—Leader of the Opposition) (14:17): My question is to the Premier. Has the Premier not viewed the email or the video of Mr Dennis Murphy at 12am, sent at 7.18am this morning, crawling in extraordinary and excruciating pain?

The Hon. J.A.W. GARDNER: Point of order: the construction of that question was such that leave should have been sought to include argument or facts because that is what standing orders require in this instance.

The SPEAKER: I understand what the minister is saying. As I have ruled from time to time, if I do rule that out of order, I also do not allow the minister to refute that, so in the interests of that I'm going to allow the question, but I take the point of order. It has merit. Would someone like to answer? Premier.

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier) (14:18): I refer the honourable member to my previous answer. I don't have the details. He hasn't sought leave to introduce the facts to the parliament and without those—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —I can't possibly comment.

The SPEAKER: I allowed the question. In that spirit, I ask members on my left to be quiet. Leader.