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

In terms of the issues of respect for this place, in this debate—I'm simply referring to what has been said in this debate—we had the Leader of the Opposition go back on an indulgence that he gave in this place only a couple of days ago, talking about what should be above politics in terms of when we engage with the rest of the world.

Members don't have to stand up and take an indulgence. Members don't have to stand up and try to say something is above politics, but when you do, it should last longer than 48 hours. That shows the character of this Leader of the Opposition.

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