House debates
Tuesday, 21 August 2012
Questions to the Speaker
Parliamentary Language
3:52 pm
Andrew Southcott (Boothby, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Primary Healthcare) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
Last week on several occasions the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency referred to the opposition, as a group, as making mendacious claims. My question to you is: can you advise the House why to accuse someone of lying is unparliamentary but—
Ms Anna Burke (Chisholm, Deputy-Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
The member will resume his seat and he can read House of Representatives Practice 499 to 502 and get the answer for himself.