Kim Beazley (Brand, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

That is a bit of a problem because I think the honourable member for Lalor has effectively been held to a different standard in her suspension from this chamber today. It may be the case that, after your admonitions to the Leader of the House, he withdrew the terms that he used in describing one of our members on this side of the House, but that does not get over the problem of the particular resolution that was put and carried in this place. It would be a very unfortunate thing if the member for Lalor, our manager of business, was treated in a different manner than the gentleman opposite.

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