Tony Smith (Speaker) Share this | Hansard source

The member for Isaacs will cease interjecting. I'm not responsible for members' entitlements. They are almost wholly the responsibility of the Special Minister of State. But the point I'd make is: members can indicate they are going to resign, and, until they have, they remain members of parliament. That's the case. I certainly don't have the power to dismiss members from the House, and I don't think the House would like me to have that power. The Leader of the House with a further question.

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