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Posted on Feb 28, 2014

It's Back! Five Best And Worst Moments In Parliament This Week.

Manager of Opposition Business Tony Burke brings you the five best and worst moments from Parliament this week.

by Tony Burke MP

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The Best:

1. Bill Shorten and the Prime Minister attended the launch of the Beyondblue national bus tour - a very important and worthwhile cause that received bipartisan support from the Government and Opposition.

2. The Government belatedly announced a package of support for our farmers. Labor has been calling for this for some time, so we're happy the Government finally came through in the end.

3. Deputy Leader Tanya Plibersek gave a passionate speech on the Government's repeated failure to deliver on its election promises including its failure to deliver honest and accountable Government.

4. New Member for Griffith Terri Butler delivered her first speech to the House. Tony Abbott was sure he would win Griffith, so it's great to see this speech being given by a Labor MP.

5. Finally, for the second time in as many weeks the Government ran out of legislation to debate in the House. I'm putting this in the Best column because I figure Tony Abbott with no ideas is better than Tony Abbott legislating his ideas!

The Worst.

1. Last fortnight the announcement that 4000 Toyota jobs were set to go topped the worst list. This week QANTAS announced it would be sacking 5000 employees. It's devastating news for these workers.

2. Assistant Health Minister Fiona Nash repeatedly failed to explain her role in the conflict of interest involving her chief of staff, a former junk food lobbyist. The Prime Minister's answers were even worse, directly contradicting the Senator.

3. At 8:44pm on Saturday, well after the newspaper deadline, Scott Morrison reversed what he had said days earlier about the events that lead to the tragic death of Reza Berati at the Manus Island Detention Centre.

4. Labor Senators were in Estimates this week where it was revealed $15,000 of tax-payers' money was spent on a new bookcase in the Attorney General George Brandis' office.

5. Ten Members of the Opposition were kicked out of Question Time this week by the Speaker Bronwyn Bishop, including for the first time in my parliamentary career, me.

Tony Burke "No Speaker in the history of this Parliament has behaved in the way you are behaving now."

Madam Speaker "The Manager of Opposition Business is reflecting on the Chair and will remove himself under 94A."

Finally, the Speaker said to me during Question Time on Wednesday: “You were not standing properly on your feet - You should have been sitting down”. If anyone can tell me what this means I’ll happily add it to the list.

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It's Back! Five Best And Worst Moments In Parliament This Week.

The Best:

1. Bill Shorten and the Prime Minister attended the launch of the Beyondblue national bus tour - a very important and worthwhile cause that received bipartisan support from the Government and Opposition.

2. The Government belatedly announced a package of support for our farmers. Labor has been calling for this for some time, so we're happy the Government finally came through in the end.

3. Deputy Leader Tanya Plibersek gave a passionate speech on the Government's repeated failure to deliver on its election promises including its failure to deliver honest and accountable Government.

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4. New Member for Griffith Terri Butler delivered her first speech to the House. Tony Abbott was sure he would win Griffith, so it's great to see this speech being given by a Labor MP.

View this video on YouTube

5. Finally, for the second time in as many weeks the Government ran out of legislation to debate in the House. I'm putting this in the Best column because I figure Tony Abbott with no ideas is better than Tony Abbott legislating his ideas!

The Worst.

1. Last fortnight the announcement that 4000 Toyota jobs were set to go topped the worst list. This week QANTAS announced it would be sacking 5000 employees. It's devastating news for these workers.

2. Assistant Health Minister Fiona Nash repeatedly failed to explain her role in the conflict of interest involving her chief of staff, a former junk food lobbyist. The Prime Minister's answers were even worse, directly contradicting the Senator.

3. At 8:44pm on Saturday, well after the newspaper deadline, Scott Morrison reversed what he had said days earlier about the events that lead to the tragic death of Reza Berati at the Manus Island Detention Centre.

4. Labor Senators were in Estimates this week where it was revealed $15,000 of tax-payers' money was spent on a new bookcase in the Attorney General George Brandis' office.

5. Ten Members of the Opposition were kicked out of Question Time this week by the Speaker Bronwyn Bishop, including for the first time in my parliamentary career, me.

Finally, the Speaker said to me during Question Time on Wednesday: “You were not standing properly on your feet - You should have been sitting down”. If anyone can tell me what this means I’ll happily add it to the list.

It's Back! Five Best And Worst Moments In Parliament This Week.

The Best:

1. Bill Shorten and the Prime Minister attended the launch of the Beyondblue national bus tour - a very important and worthwhile cause that received bipartisan support from the Government and Opposition.

2. The Government belatedly announced a package of support for our farmers. Labor has been calling for this for some time, so we're happy the Government finally came through in the end.

3. Deputy Leader Tanya Plibersek gave a passionate speech on the Government's repeated failure to deliver on its election promises including its failure to deliver honest and accountable Government.

View this post on Facebook

4. New Member for Griffith Terri Butler delivered her first speech to the House. Tony Abbott was sure he would win Griffith, so it's great to see this speech being given by a Labor MP.

View this video on YouTube

5. Finally, for the second time in as many weeks the Government ran out of legislation to debate in the House. I'm putting this in the Best column because I figure Tony Abbott with no ideas is better than Tony Abbott legislating his ideas!

The Worst.

1. Last fortnight the announcement that 4000 Toyota jobs were set to go topped the worst list. This week QANTAS announced it would be sacking 5000 employees. It's devastating news for these workers.

2. Assistant Health Minister Fiona Nash repeatedly failed to explain her role in the conflict of interest involving her chief of staff, a former junk food lobbyist. The Prime Minister's answers were even worse, directly contradicting the Senator.

3. At 8:44pm on Saturday, well after the newspaper deadline, Scott Morrison reversed what he had said days earlier about the events that lead to the tragic death of Reza Berati at the Manus Island Detention Centre.

4. Labor Senators were in Estimates this week where it was revealed $15,000 of tax-payers' money was spent on a new bookcase in the Attorney General George Brandis' office.

5. Ten Members of the Opposition were kicked out of Question Time this week by the Speaker Bronwyn Bishop, including for the first time in my parliamentary career, me.

Finally, the Speaker said to me during Question Time on Wednesday: “You were not standing properly on your feet - You should have been sitting down”. If anyone can tell me what this means I’ll happily add it to the list.

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