Peter Slipper (Fisher, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

Before I call the honourable member for Mitchell, I want to draw to honourable members’ attention the existence of standing order 62, which says that a member in the chamber must bow to the Speaker on entering or leaving the chamber. Because the Main Committee follows the same standing orders as the main chamber, that rule also applies to honourable members entering or leaving this chamber. There has also been a tradition that, as honourable members cross the chamber and pass in front of the occupant of the chair, similarly there should be, as a mark of respect to the chair—not to the individual but to the institution—a bow to the Deputy Speaker.

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