David Hawker (Speaker) Share this | Hansard source

Order! The member will not debate his question. I will make two points. The member for Melbourne really should raise his point at the time but, since he has raised the question with me, the response is: if he looks at House of Representatives Practice, I think on page 499 or 500, it talks about not only the actual words but the context in which they are used and the climate at the time and, accordingly, the occupier of the chair at the time has to rule on the spot.

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