Lindsay Tanner (Melbourne, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Finance) Share this | Hansard source

Mr Speaker, I also have a question with respect to your implementation of standing order 89 and your statement which refers to your decision as to whether or not a particular expression is unparliamentary. I have no quarrel with your statement. The question I have, Mr Speaker, is whether there is one mechanism or approach for dealing with unparliamentary language or two? Do we have a situation where particular expressions require immediate withdrawal without any member being required to raise the matter and where other expressions are slightly offensive, but not that offensive, and therefore are only expected to be withdrawn if the target of the expression raises the question?

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