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

Mr Speaker, on a point of order: if this is the standard the government wants in the House, we can accommodate it. My point of order goes to relevance. The Deputy Prime Minister was asked a question about literacy week and she assured us it goes for one week—which gives us no confidence in the minister’s own skills. Now we hear the minister, without any opportunity arising from the question, digress to another issue. I ask you to bring her back to the question. If she does not have a proper answer she should sit down.

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