House debates Questions to the Speaker
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Chris Bowen Prospect, Australian Labor Party
3:11 pm
Mr Speaker, I refer you to page 188 of House of Representatives Practice, which states:
It is not acceptable to raise points of order concerning proceedings earlier in the day or concerning proceedings of a previous day.
This is a ruling that you have enforced previously, Mr Speaker. Can I ask: when is it acceptable for a member to raise a point of order regarding something which has happened earlier in the day, as the Leader of the House just did, and when is it not?
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