Legislative Council - Fifty-First Parliament, Third Session (51-3)
2009-04-30 Daily Xml

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Parliamentary Procedure

SELECT COMMITTEE ON CERTAIN MATTERS RELATING TO HORSE RACING IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA

The Hon. J.M. GAZZOLA (14:57): I move:

That standing orders be so far suspended as to enable me to move an instruction without notice to the select committee.

The PRESIDENT: Is it seconded?

An honourable member: Yes, sir.

Motion carried.

The Hon. J.M. GAZZOLA: I am giving you lot as much notice as you gave to us.

An honourable member: Were you at the select committee meeting? No.

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. J.M. GAZZOLA: Would you like an early minute?

The PRESIDENT: Order! The precedent has been set.

The Hon. J.M. GAZZOLA: That is absolutely correct. I agree with your ruling, sir, that the precedent has been set. Obviously, on the matter of who chairs this committee, we have gone through the whole debate about that. Certain allegations were made about who sat on what and who said what, and all that sort of stuff. The accommodation of six members on the select committee, as was pointed out in the debate—

The Hon. R.I. LUCAS: On a point of order, Mr President. Can you please explain what process is being adopted at the moment?

The PRESIDENT: The same process as the Hon. Mr Stephens adopted.

The Hon. R.I. LUCAS: What motion is before the chamber?

The PRESIDENT: The honourable member is about to tell you.

The Hon. R.I. LUCAS: No; he has not moved a motion. He actually has to move a motion. You might remind the honourable member, Mr President, that, under standing orders, he—

The Hon. J.M. Gazzola interjecting:

The Hon. R.I. LUCAS: Can you sit down, please? You actually have to move a motion before you can speak to it. It is a simple notion, and even the Hon. Mr Gazzola might be able to understand that.

The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY: On a point of order, Mr President, the Hon. Rob Lucas is being extremely disruptive in this place, and I ask that you bring him to order.

The PRESIDENT: The Hon. Mr Gazzola will move his motion.