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Speaker ejects Henderson

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SARAH Henderson was ejected from Parliament yesterday after yelling over Speaker Tony Smith.

Mr Smith gave the Corangamit­e MP her marching orders after she yelled, “What about Albo?” while the Speaker was making a statement.

The “Albo” question relates to alleged leadership tension between Opposition Leader Bill Shorten and frontbench­er Anthony Albanese over a television commercial featuring Mr Shorten.

Mr Shorten defeated Mr Albanese in the 2013 Labor leadership ballot.

Labor MP Rob Mitchell wrote on Twitter “Chamber IQ up” after Ms Henderson’s removal.

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