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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 1168 asked in the Legislative Council on 14 December 2021 by Hon Dr Brian Walker

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

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 the 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?

Hon SUE ELLERY replied:

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.