Mrs MILLER - 2008-02-21
Today you were supposed to attend a meeting of state and territory leaders in Adelaide. It is reported today that you decided not to continue the journey from Alice Springs because you did not want to attend a Premier’s meeting wearing the same clothes you had worn for 24 hours. Do you believe that it is reasonable to miss a meeting of our nation’s leaders about climate change because of dirty clothes? Could you not have transferred a change of clothes to your hand luggage, or have your clothes laundered upon arriving in Adelaide, or buy a new outfit in Adelaide, or simply hand wash the clothes your were wearing? How important is climate change to you?
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I will not thank the Deputy Opposition Leader. If this is the best that they can do in Question Time, of great importance to the Northern Territory, she is as bad as a blank piece of paper. It does not warrant me to stand on my feet and explain to the Deputy Opposition Leader why I cannot control Qantas so I was stranded in Alice Springs. The issue about my bags being on board is completely irrelevant. The Deputy Opposition Leader needs to be better informed about different things before she stands up and talks about …
Members interjecting.
Madam SPEAKER: Order!
Ms SCRYMGOUR: You are absolutely irrelevant, you are.
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I will not thank the Deputy Opposition Leader. If this is the best that they can do in Question Time, of great importance to the Northern Territory, she is as bad as a blank piece of paper. It does not warrant me to stand on my feet and explain to the Deputy Opposition Leader why I cannot control Qantas so I was stranded in Alice Springs. The issue about my bags being on board is completely irrelevant. The Deputy Opposition Leader needs to be better informed about different things before she stands up and talks about …
Members interjecting.
Madam SPEAKER: Order!
Ms SCRYMGOUR: You are absolutely irrelevant, you are.
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