Mr Tony Burke Watson, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations
2:09 pm
No-one is above the principle, which is all the way through Practice, that when you're asked to withdraw you do so unconditionally—
Opposition members interjec ting—
No—always, actually. I was asked to withdraw very rarely. He gets asked to withdraw a lot! You don't repeat what was said; you simply withdraw. It should be the same rule for everybody, as I know, Mr Speaker, you've always enforced it. The House should be better than that sort of behaviour.
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