Tony Smith (Speaker) Share this | Hansard source

Before I call the member for Durack, the member for McEwen will cease interjecting. As I made clear earlier today, at the beginning of parliament when the Deputy Prime Minister made his statement, I am going to have a very low tolerance for interjections today. I place everyone on notice with that warning. The matters being discussed require me to hear the questions and the answers, and I think members should appreciate that. Also, as Speaker, those interjecting are not just disrupting me from doing my job as Speaker but preventing other members from hearing the important matters being discussed.

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