AAP General News (Australia)
02-22-2008
Fed: Parliament in uproar as MP forcibly removed
CANBERRA, Feb 22 AAP - The first scheduled Friday sitting of the new federal parliament
was briefly suspended today amid rowdy scenes and the forced removal of one MP.
House of Representatives proceedings were suspended 33 minutes into its sitting as
opposition MPs demanded the right to ask questions of the prime minister and ministers.
The new Rudd government has set aside Fridays as a backbenchers' day, which ministers
are not required to attend.
But coalition MPs say Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and other ministers should be available
for …
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