Mr Tony Burke (Watson, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Opposition Business (House)) Share this | Hansard source

Mr Deputy Speaker, on the point of order, I'd simply ask you to read to the end of the paragraph which you quoted, which refers to your predecessors on occasion—this happens very rarely—ringing the bells to secure a minister's attendance, which means stopping the parliament. You chose to allow the parliament to continue without someone present. That ought not to have happened.

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