Daryl Melham (Banks, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Mr Speaker, I rise on a point of order. Yesterday you said that if we wanted to raise points of order in relation to abuse or other matters we should do it at the time. Why raise this point of order? Standing order 68 in relation to personal explanations says:

A Member may explain how he or she has been misrepresented or explain another matter of a personal nature ...

Matters in relation to personal explanations are in relation to the person themselves, not what the member for Casey has just said and not what the Leader of the Opposition raised. Mr Speaker, I believe it is incumbent upon you to impress upon members not to abuse standing orders and, if they do, to take action.

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