House debates

Thursday, 24 November 2011

Questions to the Speaker

Parliamentary Behaviour

3:07 pm

Photo of Kate EllisKate Ellis (Adelaide, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Employment Participation and Childcare) Share this | Hansard source

It is a question to you, if you would like.

Opposition members interjecting

Okay, I have a question to you. Do you think it would be appropriate in this House that we set a standard that (1) we try and lessen the insults and (2) we say that it is totally inappropriate to have gendered insults continually thrown across the chamber and, on a day when we are all saying we are encouraging respect for women, we stand up against it.

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