Daily interruptions make question time farce

Fri, 04 March 2011

14:34

Even as vice president Hamid Ansari has proposed that the question time for Rajya Sabha is moved from 11 am to 2 pm, to prevent disruptions by the Opposition, a similar story from Australia.

ABC reports that MP Adam Bandt believes Federal Parliament is running the risk of descending into farce due to the Opposition repeatedly cutting short Question Time.

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott brought the session to a halt four times this week in an attempt to censure Prime Minister Julia Gillard over her proposed carbon tax.

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