Tony Smith (Speaker) Share this | Hansard source

I think I can predict the point of order. I will just get in first and say that the Prime Minister is entitled to a preamble. The Manager of Opposition Business jumped at the 15-second mark.

An opposition member interjecting—

Whoever was interjecting then, you are lucky the Manager of Opposition Business was in your road. The Prime Minister is entitled to a preamble. I will ask the Manager of Opposition Business to resume his seat unless he was planning to raise a point of order other than on relevance. The Prime Minister well knows he will need to come to the substance of the question, which was on tax, but he is entitled to a preamble.

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