Tony Smith (Speaker) Share this | Hansard source

Before I call the next question, I'm just going to say—and I've made the point before—that I'm not going to allow frivolous points of order. If that practice continues—it's happened a couple of times—what I'll do is take the approach that former Speaker Jenkins did, and that is to simply rule on the point of order without hearing from the member. It's not a great path to go down, but, if you leave me with no alternative, that's what I'll do. If you want to know how that works, you can ask the Minister for Home Affairs, who was the subject of it in opposition.

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