House debates Bills
Private Health Insurance Amendment (Modernising the Private Health Insurance Rebate) Bill 2026; Second Reading
Julian Hill Bruce, Australian Labor Party, Assistant Minister for Citizenship, Customs and Multicultural Affairs
6:11 pm
I wasn't going to contribute, because I was making the point that you can make whatever character smears you want at this time of the night, as you did, on the entire government—attributed improper motives to us. You know there are other forms of the House to do so. The member should also know that debate in question time has a greater degree of elasticity and robustness, which is also well established by practice. But I'd ask the speaker then not to verbal me and encourage him to reflect further on the Deputy Speaker's polite request that you make a withdrawal for the imputation that you made. The point was that, at the end of the day, I don't think people are here listening to your antics, but it was an improper set of imputations on the character of the entire government, and you should withdraw.
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