Qld: Speaker suspends Qld parly

AAP General News (Australia)
02-15-2006
Qld: Speaker suspends Qld parly

Queensland parliament was suspended briefly today after the Speaker ejected an Opposition
MP for unruly behaviour.

Speaker TONY MCGRADY suspended parliament for 15 minutes after losing patience with
Nationals MP KEV LINGARD .. who refused orders to leave the chamber.

Mr LINGARD .. himself a former speaker .. was later suspended for 24 hours.

Mr MCGRADY denies he over-reacted by suspending operations .. saying Mr LINGARD had
thrown the house into grave disorder by deliberately refusing his orders three times.

AAP RTV nt/sc/wz/bart

KEYWORD: PARLY QLD (BRISBANE)

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