Wilson Tuckey (O'Connor, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

My question relates to standing order 100(c)(ii), which reads:

(ii) questions critical of the character or conduct of other persons must be in writing.

Furthermore, 100(d)(i) reads:

(d) Questions must not contain:

(i) statements of facts or names of persons, unless they can be authenticated and are strictly necessary to make the question intelligible;

In each of those cases under standing order 100 it says: ‘The following general rules apply’. Those two items are not to be allowed. Mr Speaker, the collateral damage that can be visited upon innocent people in these arrangements is something the House has created the standing order to disallow, and I would ask—

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

Order! The member is bringing in debate. This is not a question.