Brendan O'Connor (Gorton, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Hansard source

Mr Deputy Speaker, with respect, I have a point of order. If indeed ministers of this government in question time can actually refer specifically to the Leader of the Opposition with respect to the royal commission then I think it is quite consistent that I raise matters now. If you are suggesting for a moment that in question time, in three hours, we will not have Christopher Pyne, the minister for education, rise as the acting Minister for Employment and attack the Leader of the Opposition, then I would agree with you. But let us be very consistent here. If indeed these matters are going to be raised every day in question time then I think I have every right to raise these matters.

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