Tony Smith (Speaker) Share this | Hansard source

The Leader of the Opposition will not interject over the Manager of Opposition Business when he has a point of order to make. I'm going to say to both sides of the chamber, the level of noise, the waving of arms and the gestures are absolutely ridiculous. If, in that climate, you expect me to hear every single thing that's said then you know that's impossible. I'm going to say at this early stage, as I said last Thursday and I've said earlier, I'm not going to tolerate continual interjections, arm waving and gesturing through question time, as if members are at a sporting event. I'm simply not, and for those who I warn regularly, don't be expected to be warned and certainly don't expect that your penalty will only be an hour.

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