'Cross your legs?': Queensland parliament reacts in disgust to LNP politician's comment

Queensland opposition MP Ros Bates caused outrage in parliament after yelling 'cross your legs' in question time.

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Labor health minister Shannon Fentiman wrongly accused her of yelling 'close your legs', but parliamentary Hansard quotes her as saying 'cross your legs'. Bates's interjection occurred after another MP asked Fentiman about patients in Brisbane being sent to a different hospital because of closures. Bates interjected by asking what the minister tells pregnant women during those periods the hospital was shut. 'Cross your legs?' she asked.

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