Wednesday, 1 April 2026

James Newbury: On a point of order, Speaker, may I raise with you an incident that occurred at the very end of the day yesterday, at the first available opportunity, in relation to standing order 119, not 118, and I know at the time there was a consideration of it being a standing order 118 issue when it was not; it was 119. Last night the member for Oakleigh reflected across multiple members throughout the adjournment debate. It was unedifying. There has been ongoing bullying of the member for Warrandyte, which has occurred for several months. I would say the behaviour last night was unedifying and was a breach of standing order 119, and I would ask you to, at the very least, speak to the member about not doing that in the adjournment debate.

The SPEAKER: Thank you, member for Brighton, for your point of order. I would like to advise the house that it was remiss of me last night not to call out the minister on the language that he was using in the chamber. It was a breach of standing order 119, and I have spoken to the minister about that matter.

I remind members that standing orders are there for a reason. The reason they are there is so that respect is maintained in this chamber. That respect goes to thinking about the language that is used by every member when they are on their feet. It is not a hard thing to be respectful.