Anthony Byrne (Holt, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

In the course of this term of government and the previous term, there have been numerous times when questions have been asked by members on that side where the only connection with the Deputy Prime Minister's portfolio has been that it has been talking about what the outcome would be on agricultural land. It has happened on a range of policy issues. This is the first time a question of that nature has come from the opposition. If it were the case that the Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources has that much of a limited remit then the vast majority of the questions he has answered from members on his own side would have been ruled out of order.

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