Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Families, Community Services, Indigenous Affairs and the Voluntary Sector) Share this | Hansard source

Mr Speaker, on a point of order: I accept that you have made a request of the member for Dickson—and that is fair enough—but I also believe that in the process of doing this the Leader of the House has accused the member for Dickson of a lack of integrity. That is a very serious offence. I think it is insulting. I would ask that, once the member for Dickson has withdrawn, the Leader of the House similarly withdraw, given the circumstances now pertaining in the House.

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