After winning the state of origin, Queensland also won the title of ‘first MP booted from the 48th parliament QT’ with the LNP MP for Wright, Scott Buchholz given his marching orders by Milton Dick.
That was after he interjected during a point of order debate raised while Jim Chalmers was answering a question.
After getting the boot, Chalmers quipped of the retreating member:
Nobody knew he was on the frontbench until you asked him to leave it.
Which is fair, actually. (He’s the shadow minister for skills and training. I also had to look that up)
The Speaker now has the power to eject someone from the chamber for up to three hours, but Dugald will stick to the traditional one hour escape, unless it is particularly annoying.
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