Harry Jenkins (Speaker) Share this | Hansard source

No, the member for Dickson will resume his seat. The minister will resume her seat. On a day when the Manager of Opposition Business has approached the dispatch box and has indicated in a point of order that his concern is the way in which the proceedings of the House are conducted at a time when its processes are broadcast, I would indicate to the House that I perhaps will look at the processes of this place through those eyes. If that means that people think that I will willingly allow them to interrupt proceedings based on raising points of order when they are aware of what I am doing, I will not. I will clearly say to the member for Dickson that, if he looks at his record and the number of times during this parliament that I have had to ask him to leave the chamber at times when he has abused his ability to raise a point of order, he will understand why, based on the precedent of other Speakers since Federation, I have chosen on this occasion not to recognise him. That does not mean that that will happen all the time, but on this occasion that was my decision. I am now calling the Minister for Health and Ageing to answer the question.

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