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Title

PRIVILEGE

Database

House Hansard

Date

18-06-2001

Source

House of Reps

Parl No.

39

Electorate

Reid

Interjector

SPEAKER, Mr

Main Committee/Federation Chamber

 

Page

27718

Party

ALP

Presenter

 

Status

Final

Question No.

 

Questioner

 

Responder

 

Speaker

Ferguson, Laurie, MP

Stage

 

Type

 

Context

Privilege

System Id

chamber/hansardr/2001-06-18/0083


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Mr LAURIE FERGUSON (4:10 PM) —Mr Speaker, I rise on a matter of privilege. I draw your attention to articles in the Adelaide Advertiser over the weekend and, more particularly, today's Daily Telegraph and Sydney Morning Herald. I briefly cite the latter article by Michelle Grattan. It stated:

Its Liberal chairman, Mr Christopher Pyne, said yesterday provision to require identification for enrolment should be introduced in time for the coming Federal election—with or without state co-operation. “It is important that the roll is a genuine reflection of those eligible to vote.”

Mr Speaker, I would ask you to investigate whether there is actually a prima facie case of breach of privilege, with a view to giving precedence to a motion to refer this matter to the Committee of Privileges.


Mr SPEAKER —I will follow up the matter. I point out to the member for Reid that he has an obligation—as he is aware, I think—to table the articles to which he refers, because it is a matter of privilege and they are matters to which I should also refer.


Mr LAURIE FERGUSON —I would say that I would see this breach in the revelation, it would seem, of a number of recommendations from the Joint Committee on Electoral Matters in these articles before today's tabling of the report.


Mr SPEAKER —The member for Reid is aware that it is a matter that the chair takes very seriously and will appropriately investigate and report back to the House on as required.