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Privilege
Mr IAN ARMSTRONG (Lachlan) [3.38 p.m.]: Earlier today I gave notice of a motion relevant to a Japanese flag from World War II, which was commemorated at Grenfell last Saturday. You indicated, sir, that you were going to ask the Clerks to rewrite the notice of motion on the basis that it contained debate. I put it to you that every word in that notice of motion is part of Australia's war history. I am prepared to substantiate every aspect of it. I find that my privilege has been abused in recording the inference that my motion is not accurate. It is dead accurate, Mr Speaker.
Mr SPEAKER: Order! The Chair did not intend to imply that the notice of motion given by the honourable member for Lachlan was in any way inaccurate. However, the motion was rather longwinded and, in the view of the Chair, contained matters of debate. I requested the honourable member for Lachlan to consider rewording the motion, with the assistance of the Clerks. I reiterate that the Chair in no way intended to denigrate or diminish the importance of the motion.