House debates Questions to the Speaker

Question Time

Thursday, 2 March 2006 House of Representatives

Bernie Ripoll

Bernie Ripoll Oxley, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Industry, Infrastructure and Industrial Relations

3:09 pm

Mr Speaker, in question time today and yesterday the Minister for Health and Ageing referred to a number of issues regarding the Cambodian community, obviously to seek some political advantage or generate some cheap laughs in the House. Could you inquire and report back to the House on the cost to the taxpayer of translation of those documents into Khmer for our benefit?

David Hawker

David Hawker Speaker

I thank the member for Oxley. I believe that that question—

Peter McGauran

Peter McGauran Gippsland, National Party, Deputy Leader of the House

Mr McGauran interjecting

Bernie Ripoll

Bernie Ripoll Oxley, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Industry, Infrastructure and Industrial Relations

Mr Ripoll interjecting

David Hawker

David Hawker Speaker

Order! Does the member for Oxley wish me to respond?

Bernie Ripoll

Bernie Ripoll Oxley, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Industry, Infrastructure and Industrial Relations

I was responding to the minister.

David Hawker

David Hawker Speaker

If the member for Oxley does not wish me to respond, I will not.