Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Opposition Business in the House) Share this | Hansard source

Mr Speaker, I refer to your statement in the parliament on 8 May, which indicated the special circumstances arising from the budget speech and the budget reply. I refer also to your decision on the night of the budget reply to not take disciplinary action against members of the government who were clearly unruly. Further, I refer you to my letter to you of 14 May and your reply of 18 May, which indicated that you had written to the Procedure Committee, asking it to investigate what possible changes to practice could be made which would ‘give the Speaker additional options on such occasions’. I wonder whether you could report to the House on that.

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