House debates Statements by Members

Standing Orders

Thursday, 16 August 2012 House of Representatives

Paul Neville

Paul Neville Hinkler, National Party

3:46 pm

If you closely read the standing order on seeking leave, it says that, if no-one in the House objects then that course of action should occur. It has been the process of the House, through the Leader of the House, to either accept or deny the tabling of a document. In this instance, the Leader of the House, with his normal generosity of spirit, said that if I wheeled it around to his office he would have a look at it. But at no time did either side of the House object to my document. I believe that in those terms I have the right to have it tabled.

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