Martin Ferguson (Batman, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Resources and Energy) Share this | Hansard source

Mr Deputy Speaker, on the point of order: like the member for Sturt, I also have a good appreciation of the standing orders, having served on the Procedure Committee for a number of years. This is a wide-ranging debate. So far as I am concerned, the member is speaking to the bill. I would also remind the member for Sturt that the shadow Treasurer made a very wide-ranging contribution during which no points of order were taken. I simply say that if that is the approach of the member for Sturt with respect to these debates, then the same approach can apply to the member for Groom during his contribution. I ask the member for Sturt, through the chair, to exercise a little bit of give and take in what is a wide-ranging debate.

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