Joe Hockey (North Sydney, Liberal Party, Manager of Opposition Business in the House) Share this | Hansard source

Mr Speaker, further to the point of order: the Prime Minister himself said that he wanted fewer ministerial statements in question time and more ministerial statements after question time. We have accommodated those ministerial statements after question time. The member for O’Connor has a very good point: this is a prime ministerial statement about the economy. We deserve the right to have the opportunity to respond. We cannot do that in question time but we can do it through a debate on ministerial statements.

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