Harry Jenkins (Speaker) Share this | Hansard source

I have ruled by not ruling at all. I simply say to several members in this place that, whilst I try to disregard the way in which people behave in other aspects of the way the House is operating, I just remind individuals that, if when they approach the dispatch box—give an inch, take a mile, then bounce up—they are seeking some cooperation at a delayed point, that cooperation might not be forthcoming. My ruling has been that the member for Berowra suggested that he would be taking an action, and I am satisfied that I will allow him at the appropriate time at the end of question time to take that action.

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