House debates

Wednesday, 13 September 2006

Questions to the Speaker

Standing Orders

3:21 pm

Photo of Bob McMullanBob McMullan (Fraser, Australian Labor Party) Share this | | Hansard source

I wish to raise again with you a matter I raised earlier. For the third time you ruled on a question today and said ‘a part of this question is unnecessary’. I wish to ask you to reflect on which part of the standing orders gives you the authority to rule on part of a question being ‘unnecessary’.

Photo of David HawkerDavid Hawker (Speaker) Share this | | Hansard source

If I refer the member for Fraser to standing order 100, he would find a list of reasons I could easily refer to.