Pontius Pilate versus Mojo

The Speaker has chosen to stand behind formal protections to avoid taking up the principled issue of funding for MPs with disabilities. I do not doubt that technically the Speaker is correct in his interpretation why he cannot fund the note-taking, but if ever there was a need for problem-solving that showed how, not just this MP, but other with disabilities will be catered for, this is it. Standing behind a formal interpretation, rather than moving to ensure a structural, not personal, solution, should be Parliament's (and the Speaker's) priority here. The stupidity, and it is stupidity, of those who argue that the Greens should carry the can because they knew that she had a disability, is indicative of their lack of sympathy for those with disability.