Stephen Smith (Perth, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Industry, Infrastructure and Industrial Relations) Share this | Hansard source

I have my own point of order, Mr Speaker. Questions are asked in accordance with standing order 100 and page 540 of House of Representatives Practice. They state:

Questions must not be debated.

I was not debating them. Also:

Questions must not contain ... arguments;

I was not arguing. Also, questions must not contain comments—there were no comments. They must not contain opinions—there were no opinions. And they may not become lengthy speeches. It was not a speech.

See this speech in context