Tony Smith (Speaker) Share this | Hansard source

The Leader of the Opposition will resume his seat. As I have said before, when a question is specific it requires the answer to be much tighter. When it has a personal element to it, I've made it clear that ministers and prime ministers are able to rebut that, and it would be unfair to do otherwise. If there's going to be a question that has a personal element to it, as I said, I have a choice: I can rule the question out of order or I can allow the minister or the Prime Minister to deal with that matter and have an opportunity to rebut it. That's the approach Speaker Andrew took, and I think that's the right one. The Prime Minister is in order.

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