Mr Tony Burke (Watson, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Hansard source

To the point of order: there's a reason the Manager of Opposition Business turned up with just one page from Practice, rather than the whole book. Had he gone on reading, he would have had this reference:

The question as to whether the proceedings before a royal commission are sub judice is therefore treated with some flexibility to allow for variations in the subject matter, the varying degree of national interest and the degree to which proceedings might—

or might not—

be or appear to be prejudiced.

It would be extraordinary to argue that simply presenting to the parliament what has already been given as evidence before the royal commission could in any way prejudice it. We are simply dealing with evidence that is already before it.

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