The premier's comment comes in the wake of Ms Bates yelling out "cross your legs" while Health Minister Shannon Fentiman was speaking in parliament earlier this week.
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A senior Queensland Opposition MP has been referred to a powerful parliamentary ethics committee after refusing to withdraw an accusation a minister had incited violence against her.