❓ Dr. Brian Walker asks the Minister for Education and Training to commend Freshwater Bay Primary School students for their actions regarding a war grave at Karrakatta Cemetery. The Minister declines, citing standing orders against seeking opinions.
AnsweredQoN 1168Legislative Council
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KARRAKATTA CEMETERY — HEADSTONE REMOVAL
1168. Hon Dr BRIAN WALKER to the Minister for Education and
Training:
I
refer the minister to question without notice 1147 dated 9 December, which I asked
of her colleague the Minister for Local Government; and, likewise, I refer her to the recent article in The Post ,
entitled ''Wrecked war grave saddens Beazley''.
(1) Will the
minister join me in commending the year 6 students from Freshwater Bay Primary
School for what the Governor described as
the ''absolutely gorgeous'' actions they took, placing wooden
crosses at t he site of his late grandfather's official war
grave, the headstone of which was removed and destroyed by the Metropolitan
Cemeteries Board as part of their renewal scheme at Karrakatta?
(2) Will the
minister also join me in praising the moral fibre and character of these young
people, and the staff at Freshwater Bay
Primary School who have done a remarkable job to produce outstanding young men and women whose behaviour puts that of their elders, and particularly their
elders at the MCB to shame?
1168. Hon Dr BRIAN WALKER to the Minister for Education and
Training:
I
refer the minister to question without notice 1147 dated 9 December, which I asked
of her colleague the Minister for Local Government; and, likewise, I refer her to the recent article in The Post ,
entitled ''Wrecked war grave saddens Beazley''.
(1) Will the
minister join me in commending the year 6 students from Freshwater Bay Primary
School for what the Governor described as
the ''absolutely gorgeous'' actions they took, placing wooden
crosses at t he site of his late grandfather's official war
grave, the headstone of which was removed and destroyed by the Metropolitan
Cemeteries Board as part of their renewal scheme at Karrakatta?
(2) Will the
minister also join me in praising the moral fibre and character of these young
people, and the staff at Freshwater Bay
Primary School who have done a remarkable job to produce outstanding young men and women whose behaviour puts that of their elders, and particularly their
elders at the MCB to shame?
AnswerView source ↗
I
thank the member for some notice of this question, but he is seeking an opinion
and that is a breach of the standing orders.
Point of Order
Hon Dr
BRIAN WALKER : I was not actually asking for an opinion; I was asking
for an action. I was asking the minister to commend them, not for an opinion.
Hon Sue Ellery : Go and read
the question; you were asking for my opinion. Read standing order 105.
The
PRESIDENT : Honourable member, I did actually listen to the question
quite closely. There is no point of order because the question stated an
opinion and therefore is contrary to standing order 105, ''Rules for
Questions'', in which suborder (1)(b)
states that questions should not seek or state an opinion. Although I will not
rule the question out of order because the Leader of the House did
actually answer it, I ask the honourable member to again have regard to the
standing orders, and particularly standing order 105.
thank the member for some notice of this question, but he is seeking an opinion
and that is a breach of the standing orders.
Point of Order
Hon Dr
BRIAN WALKER : I was not actually asking for an opinion; I was asking
for an action. I was asking the minister to commend them, not for an opinion.
Hon Sue Ellery : Go and read
the question; you were asking for my opinion. Read standing order 105.
The
PRESIDENT : Honourable member, I did actually listen to the question
quite closely. There is no point of order because the question stated an
opinion and therefore is contrary to standing order 105, ''Rules for
Questions'', in which suborder (1)(b)
states that questions should not seek or state an opinion. Although I will not
rule the question out of order because the Leader of the House did
actually answer it, I ask the honourable member to again have regard to the
standing orders, and particularly standing order 105.
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