Trent Zimmerman North Sydney, Liberal Party
4:33 pm
Mr Deputy Speaker, I seek to make a personal explanation.
Kevin Hogan Page, National Party
Does the honourable member claim to have been misrepresented?
Trent Zimmerman North Sydney, Liberal Party
On the last sitting day of 2019, the Manager of Opposition Business raised with the speaker a question in relation to my role as a member of the Speaker's panel in the Federation Chamber during proceedings that day. During his question he suggested I was encouraging government members to move that an opposition member be no longer heard from the chair. This was not the case.
On the occasion in question, a government member was seeking to gain my attention to move a motion. I sought to indicate to the member that to do it properly he would need the call and would need to rise to do so. I was not seeking to direct the member to undertake a particular course of action, but I apologise to the House if any such perception were created.