House debates

Tuesday, 24 February 2009

Questions to the Speaker

Warning by Speaker

3:43 pm

Photo of Dick AdamsDick Adams (Lyons, Australian Labor Party) Share this | | Hansard source

Mr Speaker, yesterday you suspended me from the House for an hour. I understand you then made some comments about warnings not necessarily being given. But under the written record of the House in Hansard it says that I was warned. I would ask that you rectify the record.

Photo of Harry JenkinsHarry Jenkins (Speaker) Share this | | Hansard source

On page 35 in the draft Hansard it does indicate on the top of the second column:

The SpeakerI warn the member for Lyons.

All I ever said was: ‘Member for Lyons!’ Regrettably for the member for Lyons, research has found that—and there was a sort of nod and a wink to tell me that this might be brought to my attention—on page 27, again in the second column, the Hansard reads:

The Speaker—The member for Dickson will resume his place.

It then goes on italics:

Mr Oakeshott interjecting

This arises because of a misspeak by myself where I go on to say:

The member for Lyne will be prompted to get up and go somewhere!

That should read ‘The member for Lyons’. Both those corrections will be made.