House debates Questions to the Speaker
Management of the House
Mr Tony Burke Watson, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Finance
3:10 pm
During question time today that there was an issue raised on the management of the House with the resetting of the clock. I ask that you review the tapes between today and tomorrow, when you get the chance. Just to check, the normal practice has been that—
Mr Whiteley interjecting—
Mr Tony Burke Watson, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Finance
a reset occurs when someone is asked to rephrase. I ask that you review the tapes just to check whether that happened and take appropriate action.
Mr Dutton interjecting—
Tony Smith Speaker
3:11 pm
The Minister for Immigration will cease interjecting. The Manager of Opposition Business will appreciate that I will not be revisiting the question, but I will certainly have a look for the future. I will either report to the House or I will report to the Manager of Opposition Business. It may well be that I was a little hard on the member for Sydney. I will have a look.