Wednesday, 15 May 2024

Rulings from the Chair

Broadcast of proceedings

The PRESIDENT (18:31): I know, because I have not been the President the whole time I have been here, that members do not always read exciting documents like the Legislative Council Broadcasting Terms and Conditions, and I appreciate that, but I am going to point out to members that there is a dot point that says:

Members should not stream or publish the IPTV feed.

I am going to investigate whether that has been done – and I believe it is not a member of this chamber, because I think members of this chamber are all here. If I find out it is a passholder aligned with someone, I do not think they are going to hold their pass for a while. I will send letters to people and investigate and see if someone is prepared to offer up who did that.

Lizzie Blandthorn: On a point of order, President, I am not sure if it is relevant to what you are saying, but I just would also ask that maybe we have a conversation offline in relation to the poster which had my photo and photos of other members of the government on it in relation to the petition that was just debated and broadcast live. If we could perhaps take that offline, I could provide that to you.

The PRESIDENT: If you could provide that to me offline, I would appreciate it.

Bev McArthur: On a point of order, President, I have not been here an exceptionally long time, but in the time I have been here I have not been witness to abuse being levelled at members of this chamber during a vote, like I just heard previously. Is that in order, or should that be ruled out of order?

The PRESIDENT: It is not in order, but I have been here quite a while, and there have been some agitated exchanges during the counting of votes, so I would not say it is unique. Preferably it does not happen, but sometimes passions spill over.