Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the House) | Link to this | Hansard source

I wish to make a personal explanation.

Harry Jenkins (Speaker) | Link to this | Hansard source

Does the honourable member claim to have been misrepresented?

Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the House) | Link to this | Hansard source

I do.

Harry Jenkins (Speaker) | Link to this | Hansard source

Please proceed.

Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the House) | Link to this | Hansard source

Earlier today, the Manager of Opposition Business suggested that I had deliberately defied your ruling, Mr Speaker. The fact of the matter is, as you would recall, that the noise in the chamber was so loud from those opposite that it was not clear to me—

Christopher Pyne (Sturt, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Education, Apprenticeships and Training) | Link to this | Hansard source

Mr Speaker—

Harry Jenkins (Speaker) | Link to this | Hansard source

Order! I say to the Manager of Opposition Business that on this occasion I am willing to listen to the submission that the Leader of the House is making.

Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the House) | Link to this | Hansard source

The assertion that the Manager of Opposition Business made was not clear to me. I do want to put on record, Mr Speaker, that I always adhere to your rulings.

Opposition members interjecting—

Harry Jenkins (Speaker) | Link to this | Hansard source

I hear cries of abuse, but, if members remember, I gave the opportunity—practically on indulgence—to the Manager of Opposition Business to raise this matter, and I have clearly indicated that time for questions to the Speaker is a time for the consideration of matters of administration, not a time for revisiting matters of procedure. It is a one-all draw. It is not pretty; it is a one-all draw.