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Members on both sides will cease interjecting.

Ms Owens interjecting—

The member for Parramatta is warned. The members for Moreton and Cowan have already been warned. Not only is the level of interjections far too high—and I'm not going to keep repeating myself; I'll simply take action—a practice has developed on my right where there's constant banging of the desks. Practice is very clear on this matter; Speaker Andrew addressed it back in 1997. Constant banging on the desks is not acceptable conduct in the chamber.

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