Hon CHRIS CARTER (Minister for Ethnic Affairs) Link to this
I raise a point of order, Madam Speaker. I seek leave to clarify an answer that I gave to a point of order earlier.
It was my response to the point of order that you ruled inappropriate from Mr Brownlee earlier about the Chinese function held at Parliament.
The member is entitled to seek leave. If members do not agree they can, at that point, decline. But whether or not I ruled it out of order, every member in this House is entitled to seek leave for a matter. It is then for every member to decide whether that leave should be given. That is what is happening here. Leave is sought. Is there any objection?
I raise a point of order, Madam Speaker. It should not be an option for the Government to use the parliamentary process to explain its bad behaviour in an environment where—