Mr Tony Burke (Watson, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Opposition Business (House)) Share this | Hansard source

Mr Speaker, I have a question for you which I flagged with you during question time. There are reports that during question time the journalist Patricia Karvelas was asked to leave the gallery section of the chamber on the basis of dress standard rules that I think none of us has ever heard of before and that certainly are quite different from what is acceptable on the floor of the chamber. Given that you've been busy chairing question time, I won't pretend for a minute that you've had a chance to look into it. Following question time could I simply ask that you investigate it and, subsequent to that, if the rules need to be fixed can we please fix them?

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