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NSW Greens MP Jenny Leong ordered to leave question time after clash with Speaker
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3/22/2024
NSW Speaker Greg Piper asked Newtown MP Jenny Leong to leave parliamentary question time after she demanded people be let into the public gallery. It follows a previous incident where question time was interrupted by Palestine conflict protesters.
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I appreciate we need to be aware of security and concerns around that.
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I absolutely respect that, Speaker.
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But I also think that it's problematic that there are members of the public sitting in
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the foyer right now who are being told by the parliamentary staff that the gallery is
00:16
full when it's very clear the gallery is not full.
00:19
Member for Newtown to resume her seat and I will give an explanation as to what has
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occurred there.
00:24
It was reported to me that there were two members of the public who were seeking access
00:28
to the chamber today into the Speaker's gallery, which is at my behest and my behest only to
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be able to do that.
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And I was told that they were identified as two of the protesters that I ordered removed
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from this chamber yesterday.
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I believe if that is the case, then I am not going to just move on to the following day
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and allow those people in.
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They can perhaps seek to speak to me, not necessarily through yourself, Member for Newtown,
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but they can seek an audience with me and make some explanation, maybe even an apology.
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But my issue here is about the safety of this House.
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Member for Newtown will resume her seat.
01:16
I am not going to entertain this.
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There are eight people out there, Speaker.
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I respect that you have identified two, but there are eight people out there.
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And I have no way of identifying that.
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Member for Newtown will resume her seat.
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I am taking this action for the safety of this chamber.
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The Member for Newtown will resume her seat or she will leave the chamber herself.
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I absolutely respect the idea that there may be people that have been identified that were
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a part of yesterday's protest and I absolutely respect your right to not allow those people
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into the public gallery.
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But it is a dangerous precedent to set that there are other people that are not being
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let in as a result of that.
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I will accept that you can give me that advice if that is your opinion, but I will not change
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my mind.
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I cannot discern who those people are right now, but I know they are associated with people
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like me.
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So how did we discern these people in the gallery versus those people up there, Speaker?
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The Member for Newtown will remove herself—
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How did we discern those people to those people?
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The Member for Newtown will remove herself from the chamber—
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Was it based on what they looked like?
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—understanding what the 2498 was?
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Until the end of Question Time.
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[End of Question Time]
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