Christopher Pyne (Sturt, Liberal Party, Minister for Education) Share this | Hansard source

Madam Speaker, I refer you to page 554 of House of Representatives Practice, which states:

A Minister can only be questioned on matters for which he or she is responsible or officially connected.

The first dot-point to indicate questions or parts of questions that have been ruled out of order reads:

Madam Speaker, I would put to you that the question that was put to the Prime Minister is not within his area of responsibility, and former Speakers have ruled out of order questions to do with internal party matters. Therefore, I believe the question—

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