Arch Bevis (Brisbane, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Homeland Security) Share this | Hansard source

Mr Speaker, you referred me to a statement in answer to my question. Regrettably, the statement does not relate to the matters raised in my question. That is not reflecting on the chair; I think it is a fair observation. I therefore again ask: in what circumstances are members to be given some guidance—because the chair does in fact give guidance on these matters, as indeed your statement on Monday was intended to do—and in which circumstances are we to take it that the member who is the target is required to ask for matters to be withdrawn, as opposed to circumstances in which you will intervene as you did today?

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