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

Mr Speaker, with regard to the reference that was just made by the minister, it's not that you've previously ruled that term is an unparliamentary term. It's that you ruled that it can't be used with reference to the formal coalition of the Liberal and National parties. The member just referred to a coalition of the Liberal Party, the National Party and the Greens in the Senate. If the member for New England thinks that's the official coalition then I guess it would have to be withdrawn under the previous ruling.

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