House debates

Thursday, 20 September 2018

Personal Explanations

3:17 pm

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

No, I'm not rising on a personal explanation. I'm rising on the principle under standing orders that once something has been put under a personal explanation you have the capacity to intervene when an attempt is put again to put something forward that has been established as untrue. What I would invite, as a way forward, is for the minister to table the letter, because he's just characterised it in an inaccurate way, and that will put you beyond doubt so that you're able to exercise your power under standing orders to prevent this abuse from occurring again.

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