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

On the point of order, Speaker. In terms of language that's allowed to be used in answers to questions, the precedents are clear. I did a search of the previous government, and the word 'thug' was used 15 times in question time by one particular minister—who is now Leader of the Opposition. These comments are clearly in order.

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