Should mobile devices be allowed in the parliamentary chambers?

[lurker172602]

How can members or senators be concentrating on the debate at hand while they're tweeting or emailing or, I dunno, playing Angry Birds on their phones or tablets?
I don't think they should be used while sitting in the chamber.

What do you think?

[*mrgrizz*]

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@lurker172602 wrote:
How can members or senators be concentrating on the debate at hand while they're tweeting or emailing or, I dunno, playing Angry Birds on their phones or tablets?
I don't think they should be used while sitting in the chamber.

What do you think?

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yes, and at places of work.........your(just for pepe) paid to do a job.

and people walking in the street you should be allowed to knock down when they almost walk into you

[rabbitearbandicoot]

"Re: Should mobile devices be allowed in the parliamentary chambers?"

as long as they not wearing burqas (sp)

[lurker172602]

naughty! LOL

I was very careful not to use the B word.


(B for banned, not burqa)

[cherry*135]

I see what you mean. Sometimes MP's look like high school kids mucking around while the teacher is out of the room.

Photo from today in Parliament

[boris1gary]

but how else can they know what rupert wants them to say? clearly the Wicked Witch of Wittenoom is just asking the bloke behind her if she has read ruperts sms right. 

[iapetus_rocks]

I agree. We pay these people high wages and we should expect them to concentrate on doing their jobs and not on keeping up to date with their social media pages or candy crush games while at work.

I'd like to see mobile phone use banned for pedestrians as well. Mobile phone use  has been banned when driving as it contributes to the occurence of accidents.

I can't count how many times I have narrowly avoided collision with a pedestrian phone-zombie bearing down on me with no apparent awareness of my presence on the footpath.

[myoclon1cjerk]

She was just checking the spelling of 'mesothelioma'

[gleee58]

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@boris1gary wrote:

but how else can they know what rupert wants them to say? clearly the Wicked Witch of Wittenoom is just asking the bloke behind her if she has read ruperts sms right. 

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Nah, laughing at their twitter trolls doing their spam jobs.

[serendipityricho]

Lazer pointers should be allowed in the gallery-shine on the eyelids

of the sleeping MPs on the back benches........................Richo.