House debates Questions without Notice: Additional Answers
Workplace Relations
Christopher Pyne Sturt, Liberal Party, Minister for Education
3:13 pm
I wish to add to an answer I gave in question time with respect to the Leader of the Opposition's website—billshorten.com.au. I table the certificate from the registry portal of Whois Lookup, printed on 3 March 2014 this week, which shows that the Australian Workers Union is the registrant of billshorten.com.au.
Mrs Bronwyn Bishop Speaker
The Manager of Opposition Business on a point of order?
Mr Tony Burke Watson, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Finance
Yes, Madam Speaker, there was a new standing order added at the beginning of the life of this parliament, which stated that once a personal explanation—
Mr Tony Burke Watson, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Finance
had been given, if something that was false was repeated in the parliament, then it was open to the Speaker to intervene. This has not simply been repeated; it has been repeated immediately after it was established that it was false.