Peter Slipper will have his last procession as Speaker before stepping down

May 8th, 2012

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Peter Slipper participates in the Speaker’s procession he wished for – complete with his one Serjeant-at-Arms armed with the mace and the Speaker’s Attendant from the Members’ Hall. Picture: Andrew Meares
Source: AAP

Peter Slipper

The Speaker of the House of Representatives Peter Slipper has reinstated the timely old procedure of allowing the public to view the “speaker’s procession” in Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: Gary Ramage
Source: The Courier-Mail

THE strangest mini-procession in Australian pomp will be held for perhaps the last time when Speaker Peter Slipper makes his way into the House of Representatives this afternoon.

Mr Slipper will stick to his odd parade of himself, the Serjeant-at-Arms and a parliamentary attendant following a march of sharp corners before passing through the House doors.

He will take the Speaker’s chair and then make a statement before standing aside for Labor’s Anna Burke, the Deputy Speaker.

He will then leave the chamber. The next time he enters the House it could be as a humble independent, stripped of his Speaker’s finery.

Mr Slipper will stand aside because of allegations of sexual harassment against him by former staff member James Ashby. He has started civil action against him in the Federal Court.

Mr Ashby also has claimed his former boss rorted taxi dockets and Australian Federal Police are now investigating the claim.

Peter Slipper expected to declare his innocence in his brief statement today. And he recently tweeted that there were two sides to every story.

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott today indicated he would not launch a vote of no confidence in Mr Slipper as long as he carried out his intention of not performing the Speaker’s role after making a statement.

“My expectation – and I think the requirement of the vast majority of members of Parliament – is that Mr Slipper not take the chair,” Mr Abbott told reporters.

“Now, if he does what he says he has done and does not take the chair, there’ll be no necessity for the course of action that you’ve alluded to.”