House debates

Tuesday, 8 February 2022

Questions without Notice

Economy

2:52 pm

Photo of Anthony AlbaneseAnthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

Yes, exactly. My concern with where this is going, and it includes the comments just made by the Leader of the House, is that if it is in order for a question in question time to just ask for a general spray, where it is in order for people to say anything at all, then what will occur in this chamber in terms of the dignity of the House is not a situation which will bring this House's standing up but will reduce it further. We had a debate in this House at 12 o'clock today. It was relating to gender and behaviour, but we spoke about the need to lift standards, and this sort of stuff will just drag it—

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