It was left to Pyne's former ALP comrades to use the word"rat"in social media posts.
Bleijie's question began facetiously,"In this'Adopt a Rescued Guinea Pig'month I refer to the Minister for Police's statement as a minister regarding his rat-shooting rampageā¦"
Speaker Wellington ruled the question out of order. Given his desire to improve the standard of conduct in the Queensland parliament,he should have also booted Bleijie out.
Two ALP members of the federal parliament,Tim Watts and Pat Conroy were sent from the House of Representatives last month for displaying toy unicorns,after Treasurer Morrison accused the ALP of selling the public a unicorn with its policy on negative gearing. Standards are obviously higher in Canberra.
Both political games and children's games were played in the Senate last week. Senator James McGrath fronted with Lego for the overnight Senate filibuster.
We,the voters,are largely protected from these stunts by the parliamentary standing orders that are enforced,or not enforced,by the Speaker.