Friday, 14 November 2025

James Newbury: Speaker, on a point of order, I would appreciate an immediate investigation into an incident with Hansard overnight. If I can read the section from question time yesterday, the Premier said, ‘And these tougher bail laws are seeing more people in bail.’ We all heard it.

Members interjecting.

The SPEAKER: Order! Members are entitled to raise points of order without interjections. I ask the member for Brighton to make his point of order succinctly.

James Newbury: I am deeply concerned that Hansard has been doctored overnight. I put to you what Hansard says:

… and these tougher bail laws are seeing more people in jail …

The Premier never said that, Speaker. Hansard has been doctored. We all saw it, and we now see it in Hansard.

Ben Carroll: On the point of order, Speaker, they really are having a bad week. I am happy to see the member for Sandringham –

Members interjecting.

Ben Carroll: I sit next to the Premier. The Premier did not say it, and the member for Sandringham made a point of order because he could not hear what the Premier said and said it was so inaudible because of the opposition’s carry-on. So if that is the best they have got, call the member for Sandringham.

Members interjecting.

The SPEAKER: Order! This is the last contribution I will take on this point of order.

Brad Rowswell: On the point of order, Speaker, if you recall, I did raise a point of order at that time. I reject being verballed by the Deputy Premier.

Ben Carroll interjected.

Brad Rowswell: Well, no, Deputy Premier – who, Speaker, is currently being disorderly. I said:

On a point of order, Speaker, the audible noise in the chamber made it hard to hear what the Premier just said. I invite her to repeat it, please.

I just want to convey to you, Speaker, I had heard the Premier say ‘bail’, not ‘jail’. I could not believe what the Premier had said. I could not believe those words would come from the Premier’s mouth. I did not think she intended it, and the purpose of me raising a point of order at the time was simply, as I stated at the time, to invite the Premier to repeat what I thought was an unbelievable thing that had come from the lips of the Premier.

The SPEAKER: Members will know that Hansard has an editorial policy. Hansard is a proof. I will take the point of order on notice.