Harry was biased, but he didn't have to deal with an opposition that behaved so badly.

If Jenkins was so good, why was he fired to put in the crook slipper?

http://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/pubs/rp/rp1314/DisorderlyConduct

Opposition members are sanctioned 90% of the time no matter which party occupies that role.

You are a joke SM!

The information you link to does NOT include Bronwyn Bishop's statistics on her ejections.

It doesn't even include Statistics on the 44th Parliament of Abbott.

(in the 1st sentence of your resource kit)

"Of the 1,093 members who have served in the House of Representatives from 1901 to the end of the 43rd Parliament in August 2013, 300 (27.4%) have been named and/or suspended or ‘sin binned’ for disorderly behaviour in the Chamber."

Your bias makes a mockery of rational discourse in this place!

Okay, SM,

So by my calculations, Bronnie should have turfed around 14 or 15 govt members for her stint to be in line with others you have cited.

And it's not only her chuck-out habits, it's her whole biased outlook.

She regularly threatens Opp Members who stand up to make a point of order, telling them it had better be good or else - this before they've uttered a word.

She regularly casts a "blanket" general warning over Labor so she doesn't have to waste time warning each individual she's marked down for chuck-out...saves a bit of time when she's tossing them out like a morning paper delivery.

She very often dismisses points of order before the first sentence is out - and sometimes when the Member has merely opened their mouths and got nothing out.

She ignores unparliamentary titles being used by the govt...

She stymies Opp questions at the drop of a hat.

Points of Order on relevance are the most common...because Bronnie happily presides over the govt answering on anything but the question - and dismisses PoO if they're raised.

She's a disgrace....

P,

Now having just realized that your previous assertion that Labor speakers were unbiased has been sunk, you are trying to claim that BB is more biased.

Remember Harry Jenkins suspended a Liberal MP for 24 hrs just before the vote for the carbon tax in an act of political bastardry that makes BB look like a saint.

So as it slowly dawns on you that the only difference between HJ and BB is a lack of subtlety, and the only reason that this issue, and the issue of entitlements was raised is not because Labor was any different, only because dirt sticks more to incumbents than opposition.

SM,

Lol!...Would you believe that I never imagined an LNP Speaker would be completely unbiased.

However, I also never imagined an LNP Speaker would be "completely biased".

If you can watch a current Question Time and come away with the impression that Bronnie even makes the merest pretence of fairness...then you are Bonkers.

She doesn't even have the grace to pretend...just a teensy bit.

And it would be nice if she could reboot her brain just a tad before taking the Chair so she knows who she's referring to at any given call...coz she's fairly incompetent as well.

You must find it embarrassing having to defend these idiots who somehow or another found themselves in Govt.