Senate debates

Monday, 10 September 2018

Questions without Notice

Members of Parliament: Conduct

2:24 pm

Photo of Mathias CormannMathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Vice-President of the Executive Council) Share this | Hansard source

Let me firstly make very clear, as the Prime Minister has, that there's absolutely no place for bullying as we engage with each other in this parliamentary democracy. There is a place for us to exchange views and to seek to persuade each other of the merits of our arguments in relation to policy and personnel, but we should always treat each other with courtesy and respect, and I know that that is a view shared by all of my colleagues.

As the Prime Minister has also indicated, there is, through our whips in the House of Representatives and in the Senate, a process available to anyone who is aggrieved about the way colleagues may have engaged with them in recent weeks, and he has strongly encouraged, and I would strongly encourage, any colleague with concerns to avail themselves of that process.

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