Christopher Pyne (Sturt, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Education, Apprenticeships and Training) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Mr Speaker, I would ask you to review the last few dozen points of order that have been taken by the opposition. It has been noticed on this side of the House that there is a pause before you give members on this side of the House the call, allowing—

Harry Jenkins (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Manager for Opposition Business will resume his seat. If he has a problem, he can raise it at the time. That is not something that I will be reviewing. If he has a problem and wants to enter into a debate about it, he should do so at the time. But I can assure you, on balance, it gets the proceedings continuing. It gets the proceedings continuing. And if people wanted to use points of order to make points of order rather than just points then we might see a bit of tightening-up, if that is what you are looking for.