Tony Smith (Speaker) Share this | Hansard source

Just before I call the minister, I have listened very carefully, obviously, to all of these questions over the course of the week. It is fair to say that, whilst some of them have got very close to the line, they have made the connection with his ministerial responsibilities. My view is that it is out of order to refer to a statement that the member for Fairfax made in the MPI. It bears no relationship or connection, I should say, to the hook, if I can put it that way, that the member for Isaacs has been drawing—and that is the minister's previous answers and the statement he alluded to. I will give the member for Isaacs an opportunity to rephrase.

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