Tony Smith (Speaker) Share this | Hansard source

The Manager of Opposition Business can resume his seat. He asked a question about the tax bill that's before the Senate, and the Prime Minister certainly, in the preamble, addressed that. As I've said before, the three minutes is a maximum amount. It's a limit. It's not mandated that the Prime Minister use all of that time, and it's certainly not mandated that the Prime Minister answer the question in the way the Manager of Opposition Business desires. He was relevant to the question and he wrapped up within 50 seconds. And you and I have now spent more time talking about it than he did answering it, so we'll move to the next question.

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