Harry Jenkins (Speaker) Share this | Hansard source

The Minister for Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government should just sit—

Opposition members interjecting—

He was making a good point, though.

Honourable members interjecting—

Order! The Leader of the Opposition is deserving of an explanation. Having ruled the original supplementary out of order, I have in the past counted that as the supplementary. It is akin to when I have ruled a question out of order. I take that as an opportunity to ask a question because I then rotate the call. As a matter of consistency, when questions have been ruled out it has been seen as the option having been there and having been taken. The agreement talked about the option of a supplementary question, the original one having been ruled out. I do not think that I would allow another opportunity.

Honourable members interjecting—

Little Sir Echo should try to sit there quietly. The member for Goldstein should also be careful. He is not assisting the chair at all.

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