Tuesday, 10 September 2019

The PRESIDENT: Mrs McArthur, would you like to have another try?

 Mrs McARTHUR (Western Victoria) (13:09): Thank you, President. Perhaps I could ask the minister: given all the complaints I have received from my constituents in Western Victoria Region about children being asked to leave school on a Friday to go to climate emergency rallies, will he clearly define what ‘emergency’ means for the children in Western Victoria Region?

The PRESIDENT: It is your birthday, but I feel that probably the last bit was unnecessary about defining dictionary definitions. I think the question was around whether students should be leaving school to attend environmental rallies. That is a pretty good one, I reckon.

Mrs McARTHUR: I will leave it with you, President.