Senate debates

Thursday, 12 September 2019

Questions without Notice

Member for Chisholm

3:00 pm

Photo of Scott RyanScott Ryan (President) | Hansard source

We have traditionally required more specificity when it comes to unparliamentary reflections. That was a statement in the broad. I appreciate that it may be a debating point. I will check the Hansard and precedent and come back to the chamber if I'm different, but we've always had the view that general statements—for example, about a group of people in a political party—can be said, but, if they were said about one person, would meet the test that requires withdrawal as unparliamentary language.

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