Peter Dutton (Dickson, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

On the point of order, the offending words, on your advice and in my interpretation, were 'in exchange' and the word 'corrupt', which prefaced the word 'CFMEU'. The shadow minister took out the words 'in exchange', so he broke the nexus in terms of what he was trying to say in his question and removed the word 'corrupt', both on your instruction. In that case, I don't see—I know they're sensitive over this side—it is not a breach of the standing orders to ask that question, particularly given the last part of the question, which is what the Leader of the House is arguing, is: what else is the CFMEU going to get from this government for its donations? I mean, that is not in breach of the standing orders.

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