House debates Questions without Notice

Economy

Monday, 5 September 2022 House of Representatives

Mr Tony Burke

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.

Comments

No comments