House debates Questions without Notice

Workplace Relations

Thursday, 20 March 2008 House of Representatives

John Forrest

John Forrest Mallee, National Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Trade

3:03 pm

The idea of addressing remarks through the chair is a standard meeting procedure and it is designed to remove the opportunity to create rancour. If all of us in this place are determined to raise the standards of this place, we have just seen a classic example of why that should apply. There can be nothing more rancorous than the royal use of ‘you,’ particularly when associated with a pointed finger.

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