Australian politics live: Tehan booted from question time after telling Bowen to ‘cut the crap’ on renewable scheme

Liberal opposition MP Tehan was removed from question time after the Speaker objected to his language. The Guardian reports that during debate over the government's renewable energy scheme, Tehan told Labor's Bowen to 'cut the crap'—remarks the Speaker deemed 'beneath the dignity of this house.'

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