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The subject matter of the question is not a responsibility of the Prime Minister. I'm afraid it's black and white. There are other occasions where prime ministers—

Mr Wood interjecting—

Member for La Trobe, it's okay; we'll get to you. Indeed, there may be occasions where the Prime Minister or ministers have wanted to answer questions that are out of order, but I could give you many examples where, even though that was the case, I didn't allow it because we have the standing orders and we have the rules. So I'm going to stick with my ruling.

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