Ms MOSS - 2015-08-26
In relation to a recent coronial inquiry the Attorney-General made incredibly disrespectful comments about a constituent in your community, respected artist Mr Langdon. He said Mr Langdon would have died:
He also said he was on a taxpayer-fuelled holiday.
These comments are so disrespectful of a person who has died that your Chief Minister has distanced himself from them. Do you support the Attorney-General’s comments or do you, like the Chief Minister, distance yourself from them?
Mr TOLLNER: A point of order, Madam Speaker! Standing Order 62: I do not think this has anything to do with the Minister for Housing.
Madam SPEAKER: Sit down, member for Fong Lim!
Mr GILES: A point of order, Madam Speaker! Standing Order 113: relevance. This does not fall in the purview of the minister’s portfolio. This is not a Housing question, it is a Health question and I am happy to answer it.
Madam SPEAKER: Member for Casuarina, you addressed your question to the Minister for Housing. Please rephrase your question.
Ms MOSS: I understand the gentleman was homeless. I am asking about a homeless member of our community, so the question is directed to the Minister for Housing.
Madam SPEAKER: Minister, you may answer the question if you so choose.
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, that is outright rude.
Ms Walker: Do you have a view on this?
Mrs PRICE: Yes, I have, because he happens to be my cousin’s husband. How dare they ask me that question, knowing I cannot speak on it? It is not fun; it is not a political football. You do not know how you are affecting that family by raising this here.
- … a free man in the gutter.
He also said he was on a taxpayer-fuelled holiday.
These comments are so disrespectful of a person who has died that your Chief Minister has distanced himself from them. Do you support the Attorney-General’s comments or do you, like the Chief Minister, distance yourself from them?
Mr TOLLNER: A point of order, Madam Speaker! Standing Order 62: I do not think this has anything to do with the Minister for Housing.
Madam SPEAKER: Sit down, member for Fong Lim!
Mr GILES: A point of order, Madam Speaker! Standing Order 113: relevance. This does not fall in the purview of the minister’s portfolio. This is not a Housing question, it is a Health question and I am happy to answer it.
Madam SPEAKER: Member for Casuarina, you addressed your question to the Minister for Housing. Please rephrase your question.
Ms MOSS: I understand the gentleman was homeless. I am asking about a homeless member of our community, so the question is directed to the Minister for Housing.
Madam SPEAKER: Minister, you may answer the question if you so choose.
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, that is outright rude.
Ms Walker: Do you have a view on this?
Mrs PRICE: Yes, I have, because he happens to be my cousin’s husband. How dare they ask me that question, knowing I cannot speak on it? It is not fun; it is not a political football. You do not know how you are affecting that family by raising this here.
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