Mr Tony Burke (Watson, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Hansard source

To the point of order, if I can provide an example slightly more recent than Billy Snedden: when the Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption was on, there were 56 questions that were asked on the floor of the chamber. The practice of being able to ask and answer questions of this nature has been very well established.

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