House debates
Thursday, 6 March 2014
Questions without Notice: Additional Answers
Workplace Relations
3:13 pm
Christopher Pyne (Sturt, Liberal Party, Minister for Education) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
I wish to add to an answer I gave in question time with respect to the Leader of the Opposition's website—billshorten.com.au. I table the certificate from the registry portal of Whois Lookup, printed on 3 March 2014 this week, which shows that the Australian Workers Union is the registrant of billshorten.com.au.
Mrs Bronwyn Bishop (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
The Manager of Opposition Business on a point of order?
Mr Tony Burke (Watson, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Finance) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
Yes, Madam Speaker, there was a new standing order added at the beginning of the life of this parliament, which stated that once a personal explanation—
Mr Tony Burke (Watson, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Finance) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
had been given, if something that was false was repeated in the parliament, then it was open to the Speaker to intervene. This has not simply been repeated; it has been repeated immediately after it was established that it was false.