Tony Smith (Speaker) Share this | Hansard source

I have listened very carefully to the Manager of Opposition Business, and members will appreciate I extended significant latitude to him to make his point. I'm very concerned about reflections on members. I was listening very closely to the minister. He is talking about legislation that is before the parliament—and I don't need interjections agreeing with me, frankly, when I'm trying to address the House—and he is talking about the aims of the government's legislation in that regard. In that sense, strictly, he is in order but I do say to him that I would like him to take care with the language he uses in his answer.

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