Mr Tony Burke (Watson, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Finance) Share this | Hansard source

Madam Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I would like to refer you to page 111 of Practice, which refers to the front benches to the right of the Speaker being reserved for ministers, and members of the opposition executive sitting on the front benches on the Speaker's left; only other members have allotted seats. As long as anyone on the front bench of either side is sitting on the front bench, they are in their seat. Therefore, the members of the opposition executive should not be told they are out of their seat so long as they are on that bench.

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