Tony Smith (Speaker) Share this | Hansard source

I can see that that's the case. You'll find in the practice that by merely quoting something you won't get around the rules of this place. It is a grey area, but I'm asking the member for Fenner to bear that in mind. You can't use a quote to use unparliamentary language—that's quite well-established. I'm just pulling him up now. It's something that I try to enforce rather rigorously. While we're at it, so that you're clear, so that you're under no misapprehension, whilst your second reading amendment refers to Western Australia, as a pious amendment, the subject of this bill, unless the member for Fenner wishes to explain, does not deal with GST distribution or the Productivity Commission.

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