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

In considering it, as has been asked by the Manager of Opposition Business, I'd just refer to Practice, where it's really clear that royal commissions are allowed to be asked about. If you look at royal commissions that were held during the life of the previous government, a very different argument was being put back then. There is a long-held precedent on being able to deal with royal commissions.

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