Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Hansard source

It is a serious point. If a report that is to be tabled in both houses—the House of Representatives and the Senate—is not tabled here in the House but is just tabled in the Senate, we are giving up our position as the prime house of the parliament. I would have thought the Manager of Opposition Business would support that. It is on the blue that this report was coming. I ask the Manager of Opposition Business to have a little bit of common sense and allow the report to be tabled.

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