Tony Smith (Speaker) Share this | Hansard source

With respect to standing order 68—the addition to it, I should say—I have made the point, when this has been raised before, that this is a difficult area. Obviously it was introduced at the beginning of this parliament. It requires a number of things. It needs for me to be able to compare the Leader of the Opposition's previous personal explanations with the words that are being uttered by the minister—in this case, the Prime Minister. The previous speaker outlined her approach—which, as I have told the House, is the approach I am adopting. I cannot be in a position to have with me every personal explanation and any variation that has been used. I think in this parliament it has been upheld once, and that was on a very clear-cut issue with respect to the member for Jagajaga. But on this occasion, given the breadth of the subject matter, I am happy to review the Leader of the Opposition's personal explanations this afternoon and monitor any answers through the course of this week.

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