House debates Questions without Notice

Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption

Monday, 17 August 2015 House of Representatives

Mr Tony Burke

Mr Tony Burke Watson, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Finance

2:17 pm

Mr Speaker, I have two matters on the point of order: in the first instance, there is ample precedent in practice that once a minister has gone down a particular line it is open to the House to question the veracity of what has been said in the parliament. The question does exactly that. Secondly, on the point of the government saying, 'Oh no, we can't talk about the royal commission,' it is arguably a little bit late for the Leader of the House to start making that. I simply ask that whatever ruling you make on sub judice be one that is applied equally throughout the House.

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