Tony Smith (Speaker) Share this | Hansard source

Members on my right! The member for Higgins will resume her seat. It's all right; no-one else is going to get the call. It'll be okay. I have previously said—I say to the Manager of Opposition Business—I would rather the discourse be a bit better, and I think it has been. Terms like that are, of course, littered through the Hansard, but I'm prepared to say now I don't welcome them. I could go through the history of it all, but I'm not going to at this point. I think, really, in terms of the interchange, it's not helpful. I'd rather those terms weren't used, I've got to say. I'd just say to the Prime Minister: if those terms are used, they will be used by both sides of the House.

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