Things have kicked off for the morning here at parliament, with Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie avoiding a referral to the ethics committee.
Labor’s Grace Grace had written to Speaker Pat Weir about the December incident in which she accused Bleijie of threatening her by calling across the chamber, “I’ll get you”.
Weir told MPs this morning he would not be referring the matter for further investigation and action, but said while some behaviour may not reach that level, it does not make it acceptable.
“It is unacceptable for members to be quarreling across the chamber,” Weir said.
“It is also clearly unparliamentary for a member to gesticulate towards another member while saying, ‘I’m going after you’.
“I particularly urge senior members of this house to be more temperate in the way they address each other, and for the dignity of the house and the example it sets to other members and the public – we are leaders and role models, and we must act that way.”
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