Ms KING (4:13 PM) —Mr Speaker, in question time today, a member of the public interjected from the public gallery. Whilst the security guards responded appropriately by asking that person to leave, I felt that a hand being placed over that person's mouth to stop them speaking perhaps overstretched the mark a bit. I wondered if the propensity of the government to gag debate in this chamber is being extended.

The SPEAKER —Let me simply indicate to the House and to the gallery that I have every confidence in the way in which the professional security team in this parliament go about doing their job. I intend to do nothing but reinforce them until I see any evidence to the contrary.