MP Andrew Laming has been suspended from federal parliament for a day for pouring oil on the floor of the Federation Chamber . The Liberal-National Party member for Bowman , Queensland , was speaking in the chamber about the cruise liner industry on Tuesday night when he picked up two bottles of bunker oil . He poured some of the contents of thick black fuel onto his hand and it spilled onto the desk and floor of the chamber . Scroll down for video . Queensland MP Andrew Laming has been suspended from federal parliament for a day for pouring oil on the floor of the Federation Chamber . Speaker Bronwyn Bishop said such action was 'totally disorderly , disrespectful of the house and the Federation Chamber ' and potentially dangerous to people in the chamber . Speaker Bronwyn Bishop said such action was 'totally disorderly , disrespectful of the house and the Federation Chamber ' and potentially dangerous to people in the chamber . She said it had caused damage which was now being repaired . ' I do apologise , ' Mr Laming told parliament on Wednesday . He was then suspended for 24 hours after the Speaker 'named ' him under parliamentary rules . Mr Laming 's inflammatory stunt came towards the end of a speech about cruise ships using fuels containing high levels of sulphur while docking near residential communities . Gone rogue : Mr Laming was scolded by Speaker Bronwyn Bishop and banished from the Parliament for 24 hours . Mr Laming ( pictured , doing a handstand and drinking beer ) received national media attention in 2013 when he successfully did a handstand and skolled a beer . Mr Laming said : 'This stuff is revolting . It should not be burnt anywhere near where children live . We can do better than that . Then , as members cried out and the Deputy Speaker demanded he not use props , Mr Laming poured oil over his hands . 'We can burn the clean stuff . It is eminently available . We should be using that , and not this . ' I insist on the cruise-ship industry cleaning up their act and burning the clean stuff like they do in the rest of the world . In trouble : Mr Laming is pictured prior to being suspended from the House of Representatives on Wednesday . Cruise ship pollution has become a hot political issue in the New South Wales state election , particularly in seats which host cruise terminals such as Balmain . The Member for Bowman , Mr Laming argued it is a federal issue as all affected Australian communities required a resolution . The LNP representative came under the spotlight for another stunt two years ago - one that was n't political so much as a party trick . He was photographed simultaneously performing a handstand and skolling a beer on Australia Day 2013 .
Andrew Laming was released from jail for 24 hours pouring oil all over his hands and on the floor on election night . zu Laming was protesting the burning of sulphur - laden fuels by cruise ships that dock near residential communities . It 's not his first attention - grabbing stunt ... on Australia Day 2013 he skolled a beer while doing a stunt .