Harry Jenkins (Speaker) Share this | Hansard source

The member for Mackellar will resume her place. I had indicated to the Treasurer that he would respond to the question. The words that he had uttered before the member for Mackellar got to her feet to approach the dispatch box with her point of order were actually two reports relevant to the question. I then was listening to make sure that he was quoting from those reports something relevant to the question—a very pre-emptive point of order. The Treasurer has the call. He understands the necessity for him to be directly relevant to the question. He had a very long preamble that was not helpful, but he is now responding to the question.

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