The SPEAKER (09:53): The Manager of Opposition Business. Mr Burke: Mr Speaker, I have a question for you. The SPEAKER: Yes? Mr Burke: I appreciate your comment earlier that when interjections are going back and forth you can't be expected to hear every interjection. I also appreciate that decisions on interjections and withdrawals have to be made at the time. Notwithstanding that, I ask whether you could examine the tape and, if you do find that an unparliamentary remark was made, that you could then privately counsel the member concerned. It has often been the case— Honourable members interjecting— The SPEAKER: Members on both sides! Mr Hawke interjecting— The SPEAKER: The minister for immigration is warned. Mr Burke: It's often been the case that members of parliament— The SPEAKER: Just pause for a second. If members can't see the irony that the Manager of Opposition Business is raising with me a question where he's just said that he understands that with the level of interjections I can't hear every interaction that's going on and then, while he's on his feet, members are interjecting—it's a pretty poor reflection. The Manager of Opposition Business will proceed. Mr Burke: It will often be the case that members of parliament say, in the heat of the moment, more than they should, and then they withdraw it. It is also the case that if the convention of not going after family members is not to be maintained in this House then the House does change in a way that is way beyond partisan politics. So, I simply ask that the moment not be lost and that you examine the tape and, given that it will be too late to deal with it within the House, that you privately counsel the member concerned if you do hear an unparliamentary remark at that particular time. The SPEAKER: I thank the Manager of Opposition Business. Speakers have made clear in the past that they don't go and examine tapes and all the rest of it. But I will say this. I've asked whether an unparliamentary remark was made. The Leader of the House has said that he didn't make an unparliamentary remark. That doesn't mean that things that are said can lead to disorder in the House, and all members need to reflect on that. It's always open, of course, for any member, having reflected on that, to deal with a matter if they so decide. I'll leave it at that at this point.