Mr Tony Burke (Watson, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Finance) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you, Mr Speaker. I think we are just as surprised as the Treasurer by what has just happened here. While the Prime Minister can provide a question to the relevant minister, there is no precedent for him providing it to a minister who does not have portfolio coverage of what the question goes to, which is exactly what has just happened.

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