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That piece of legislation handed government enormous powers. It had to be scrutinised. It should have been amended.
That piece of legislation handed government enormous powers. It had to be scrutinised. It should have been amended.
We recognise that we are in extraordinary times as a parliament and we very much appreciate the decision to return parliament.
We will be proposing a further amendment to the Sessional Orders over and above what is presented to us here today.
Both Labor and the Liberals voted against the Greens’ move to clean up Question Time and restrict the amount of time Ministers can waffle on.
Cassy discusses unanswered questions on notice and backbencher dorothy dixers during the Adjournment.
Question Time this week has reached all new lows with close to half of the time taken up with self-congratulatory Dorothy Dixer questions.
The Premier is now a Cabinet minister down and there is surely jockeying for the position amongst the enthusiastic Dorothys on your backbench.
It is disappointing to see the number of questions that were put on notice some time ago that have not yet been answered by ministers.
Braddon Liberal MP, Roger Jaensch is wilfully misleading over Parliamentary practice in the last term of government.
The Liberals celebrated their 250th self-congratulatory Dorothy Dix in Question Time today.