Tony Smith (Speaker) Share this | Hansard source

I think what the Manager of Opposition Business will find—I was listening very carefully and, as I said, we get tough questions and tough answers, in this place, and, as I have said many times—I do not want to repeat myself—I do not want to be ruling out tough questions as well. I have listened carefully. I do not think there was anything, directly, there. I really do not. I think an examination of the Hansard, which we will not do now, if it suits everyone, will show that the view I have taken is pretty consistent with past practice. But I do take that matter pretty seriously, and that is why I was listening very closely to the minister.

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