Joel Fitzgibbon (Hunter, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Agriculture) Share this | Hansard source

Madam Speaker, on a point of order, I refer you to page 606 of House of Representatives Practice and the ruling of Speaker Snedden, which said that it had been the practice of The Speaker in the past to first ask the minister whether he was reading from a document and if the answer happened to be yes, whether he was reading from a confidential document. I have been reluctant to raise this with you, Madam Speaker, but this is not the first time it has occurred and I think that these precedents are important and should be followed in this place.

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