David Hawker (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Yesterday the member for Canberra asked me a question related to a request to park a Questacon science circus truck at the main entrance to Parliament House. I can advise the member for Canberra that Questacon was refused permission to park its science circus truck at the main entrance to Parliament House because it was not an integral part of the Questacon event. Parking the truck would have been equivalent to erecting a large sign advertising Questacon and the event. The parliament’s forecourt has never been seen as a suitable place for advertising, even if related to events inside Parliament House. The President and I see no reason to make any change to that policy.