House debates
Wednesday, 19 March 2008
Dissent from Ruling
12:06 pm
Joe Hockey (North Sydney, Liberal Party, Manager of Opposition Business in the House) Share this | Hansard source
In my view the reason that the Deputy Speaker’s ruling should be overturned by this chamber is that the decision is wrong. The decision is clearly wrong. The decision is wrong, based on precedents involving the member for Warringah and based on precedents involving the previous Manager of Opposition Business, who on numerous occasions moved that the Leader of the House be no longer heard and moved subsequent motions within the speaking time allocated to the Leader of the House. Of course, what we know is that the Leader of the House in this place does not understand his own standing orders. He does not understand his own standing orders, and that is why he tried to move that we be no longer heard, in a debate on a motion of dissent.
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