Well, it's possibly more relevant than the Baghdad example
Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO: I am speaking today for a particular reason. The people who have taken the time to e-mail and contact us have gone out of their way. I need to record in this debate the fact that so many people have made the effort to contact us. I want to present these e-mails to the house so that the statistics will be recorded in Hansard forever. As I have said, my office has received more than 5137 e-mails. We have been very careful to ensure that if two e-mails have been sent from the same email address, we delete the second one so that we do not get a figure that is not true and accurate.
Mr B.J. Grylls: Your poor staff!
Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO: Yes! I was going to get to that. Ailsa, who is in the public gallery, and the other staff members in my office have had an absolute bugger of a week. They have said to me, “No more private members’ bills, please!”
Mr R.F. Johnson: What did you say?
Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO: I said, “See you next week!” I want to present these e-mails to the Parliament. I am not sure whether I can table them for those members who want to see them. As I have said, 96 per cent of the e-mails are in favour of daylight saving.
Mr R.F. Johnson: You can seek leave to lay them on the table for the balance of this day’s sitting.
Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO: I do not want them to be taken out of the chamber and made public.
Mr R.F. Johnson: No. If you seek leave to lay them on the table for the balance of this day’s sitting, they cannot be taken out of the chamber.
Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO: For the record, the e-mails that I am holding up are the ones that we have received in opposition to daylight saving. The two boxes of e-mails are the ones that we have received in support of daylight saving. I say that because I do not want to be accused of not presenting both cases.
Mr R.F. Johnson: Did you print them all off?
Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO: Yes.
Mr R.F. Johnson: What a waste of paper!
Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO: This is an important issue.
Mr B.J. Grylls: Daylight saving will lead to the loss of old-growth forests!
Subject: Daylight Saving Bill (No. 2) 2006 [Standing Orders Suspension - Motion]
Date: 31 October 2006
Hansard reference: pp. 7886b - 7952a [online (pdf)]
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