Steven Ciobo (Moncrieff, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Small Business, Independent Contractors, Tourism and the Arts) Share this | Hansard source

Mr Speaker, on indulgence: in the spirit of full cooperation I certainly accept the apology from the Minister for Small Business, Independent Contractors and the Service Economy. I accept his good grace in coming to the dispatch box to issue the apology, but I also acknowledge and confirm the good-natured banter. I know that in the hurly-burly of politics we sometimes say words that we do not mean. I fully accept and am grateful for the minister’s leadership.

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