Mr Tony Burke (Watson, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Finance) Share this | Hansard source

Madam Speaker, I refer you to page 524 of Practice, which refers to references to royal commissions within the parliament. Earlier on in the answer, I did not take issue when the reference from the Leader of the House was specifically to legislation, but I quote from page 524:

It is necessary for the Chair to consider the nature of the inquiry. Where the proceedings are concerned with issues of fact or findings relating to the propriety of the actions of specific persons the House should be restrained in its references.

The Leader of the House, midway through the answer, has transgressed from where he started and is in violation of that principle in Practice.

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