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

On the point of order, Mr Speaker: if it is the position of the Manager of Opposition Business that, under a suspension motion, it's never to be a wideranging debate, then the implications for the opposition, who are much more likely to move motions of this nature than government are, will be long lasting. I'd simply caution against a strictness on suspension motions that hasn't been applied in this House for a very long time.

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