Barry O'Sullivan (Queensland, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

Well, the standing order is—and you can go to Odgers, too; I can give you the lot today, because I have done the research. But Odgers itself talks about improper motives or personal reflections, and this has been attributed, as an improper motive, to the Minister for Health—that somehow she has got some local official engaged to do the bidding of the government, to prevent them from cooperating with a committee of this place! I do not think you could make a more serious imputation on someone's character or personality, and I think you should ask the senator to withdraw it.