House debates Questions to the Speaker
Parliamentary Language
Lindsay Tanner Melbourne, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Finance
3:34 pm
Mr Speaker, I again wish to ask you about your rulings on parliamentary language. Can you advise the House why it is unparliamentary to accuse a member of vilifying asylum seekers but it is not unparliamentary to accuse a member of being soft on drugs?
David Hawker Speaker
I thank the member for Melbourne. I have ruled on that point and I refer him back to my ruling.