Joel Fitzgibbon (Hunter, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Agriculture) Share this | Hansard source

I have two points of order. If the member wants to make an accusation of that nature, he needs to do so by a substantive motion. The second point of order is: if he is going to make an accusation like that—which I very much doubt is true—he needs to somehow authenticate it. He just cannot make it up. He cannot say people were ringing my office without response without being able to justify that remark in some way. I suggest it is not true.

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