House debates
Wednesday, 14 October 2015
Questions without Notice
Taxation
2:49 pm
Mark Dreyfus (Isaacs, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Attorney General) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
My question is to the Prime Minister. Are the Prime Minister's declarations in the Register of Members' Interests accurate?
Tony Smith (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
Members on my right will cease interjecting.
Terri Butler (Griffith, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
A member has used unparliamentary language and he should withdraw.
Tony Smith (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
It will not surprise the member for Griffith that with the level of interjections I could not hear the Minister for Justice, but if he made an unparliamentary remark I would like him to assist the House and withdraw.
Michael Keenan (Stirling, Liberal Party, Minister for Justice) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
I withdraw, Mr Speaker.
Chris Bowen (McMahon, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Treasurer) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
Following the unparliamentary remark of the Minister for Justice, the Minister for Cities and the Built Environment and the member for Mitchell also made unparliamentary remarks.
Tony Smith (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
Again, if the Minister for Cities and the Built Environment made an unparliamentary remark I would ask him to assist the House and withdraw.
Jamie Briggs (Mayo, Liberal Party, Minister for Cities and the Built Environment) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
I withdraw.
Alex Hawke (Mitchell, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister to the Treasurer) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
I am very happy to assist the shadow Treasurer and withdraw the remark.
2:51 pm
Malcolm Turnbull (Wentworth, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
I thank the honourable member for his question. I can assure him that I, like all other members, and indeed senators in the other place, take care to ensure that their declarations of interests in the Register of Members' Interests are accurate and up to date. But if the honourable member feels that there is an omission or an error I would be delighted if he draws it to my attention. I will certainly check it out and if there is one it will be corrected.