Peter McGauran (Gippsland, National Party, Deputy Leader of the House) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Documents are tabled as listed in the schedule circulated to honourable members. Details of the documents will be recorded in the Votes and Proceedings and I move:

That the House take note of the following documents:Family and Human Services—House of Representatives Standing Committee—Report—Overseas adoption in Australia: Report on the inquiry into adoption of children from overseas—Government response. Surveillance Devices Act 2004Commonwealth Ombudsman’s report on inspection of surveillance device records for the period 1 January to 30 June 2006 (Australian Crime Commission).

Opposition Members:

Opposition members interjecting—

Peter McGauran (Gippsland, National Party, Deputy Leader of the House) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Where are your questions? Where are your MPIs? You have a few stunts to suspend standing orders.

David Hawker (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The minister will resume his seat!

Peter McGauran (Gippsland, National Party, Deputy Leader of the House) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Where are your—

David Hawker (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Deputy Leader of the House is warned! The Deputy Leader of the House has moved to take note—

Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Manager of Opposition Business in the House) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

We don’t know what he did. He’s mad.

David Hawker (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Order! The member for Grayndler is warned!

Kevin Rudd (Griffith, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade and International Security) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Mr Speaker, can I ask you how you could ask the member for Oxley to remove himself from the chamber, and just warn the member for Grayndler and leave that behaviour unattended to?

David Hawker (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The member for Griffith will resume his seat.

Julia Irwin (Fowler, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

There is no fairness, Mr Speaker. It is a disgrace.

David Hawker (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The member for Fowler is warned for that too!

Julia Irwin (Fowler, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Thank you very much.

David Hawker (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I remind the member for Griffith that the member for Oxley was warned before I applied standing order 94(a). The Deputy Leader of the House has moved to take note, I believe.

Peter McGauran (Gippsland, National Party, Deputy Leader of the House) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I have, Mr Speaker. I wish to apologise for the discourtesy that I have shown you and the House. Members opposite might like to follow my example.

Julia Gillard (Lalor, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Health and Manager of Opposition Business in the House) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

After that extraordinary performance I will observe the courtesies of the House, unlike the minister, and move:

That the debate be adjourned.

Question agreed to.

Peter McGauran (Gippsland, National Party, Deputy Leader of the House) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I present papers being petitions which are not in accordance with the standing and sessional orders of the House:

Protecting children from dangerous internet content—from the member for Warringah—22 Petitioners

Medicare—from the member for Isaacs—14 Petitioners

The Micah call to achieve the Millennium Development Goals—from the member for Gellibrand—34 Petitioners

The listing of Herceptin on the PBS—from the member for Batman—752 Petitioners

Access to Centrelink services—from the member for Gippsland—266 Petitioners

David Hicks—from the member for Berowra—31 Petitioners

Racism in Australia—from the member for Fremantle—465 Petitioners

Workplace relations legislation—from the member for Wide Bay—274 Petitioners

The need for a licensed Australian Post agency in Unanderra—from the member for Throsby—1020 Petitioners