House debates Questions without Notice

Australian Federal Police

Tuesday, 24 October 2017 House of Representatives

Mr Tony Burke

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

2:51 pm

Practice at 516 and 517 specifically refers to two points. Firstly, a comment does not need to be levelled against an individual member; it can be levelled generally to be offensive. Secondly, language of 'a nature likely to create disorder' is included, as well as words that are generally considered unparliamentary. Specifically, criminal offences such as sedition, treason, support for corruption and deliberate dishonesty are referred to as being unparliamentary terms. Anything that associates members of parliament with in some way approving of paedophiles—

Government members interjecting—

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