Christopher Pyne (Sturt, Liberal Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Hansard source

Mr Speaker, I don't want to make this an ongoing saga but, further to the rulings you've made previously in question time, the question began with epithets about the Prime Minister's character. That means that by asking such a question they open up a very wide gamut to which the Prime Minister is entitled to respond. It was not just a question about personal income taxes. It was also a question about the Prime Minister's character, and he is responding to that part of the question. If they don't want him to do so they shouldn't put those epithets in the question.

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