House debates Questions without Notice
Prime Minister
Mr Tony Burke Watson, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the House
2:38 pm
Leave is not granted, but I have a point of order as well. Previous Speakers, at different times, have not allowed the attempted tabling of Hansard on the basis that it is ludicrous to be trying to put into the parliamentary record the parliamentary record. Secondly, the practice which has ordinarily been used in this place is there have been occasions where the person who was asked a question has sought to table a document that was referred to specifically in the question. We have a new practice, which has started in very recent times, where people who had nothing to do with the question are standing up and, effectively, using tabling as a debating point, which I would suggest is an abuse.
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