Kelvin Thomson (Wills, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Public Accountability and Human Services) Share this | Hansard source

I have a question for you, Mr Speaker. Last night I was speaking to the House on the appropriation debate about AWB and the member for Gwydir’s AWB share sale. The Deputy Speaker intervened to say I was in breach of standing order 90—reflecting on another member—and refused to allow me to speak further on the subject. Mr Speaker, subsequently, I raised the same issue in the adjournment debate and you ruled that I was in breach of standing order 90 and refused to allow me to speak concerning the member for Gwydir’s AWB share sale. Given that standing order 90 was used last night to protect the member for Gwydir, why was it not used on 30 November last year to protect the member for Lilley when the Treasurer accused him of being the subject of a royal commission—that is, the Shepherdson inquiry? Why did the Deputy Speaker not invoke standing order 90 on that occasion to protect the member for Lilley, especially given that the member for Lilley protested at the time?

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