Tony Smith (Speaker) Share this | Hansard source

Order, members on my right and the Minister for Home Affairs! I will say to the Manager of Opposition Business that he's correct. There wasn't a reference to alternative policies. I'm also going to say that that question could have been ruled out if I took a strict interpretation of the standing orders. I don't need to detain the House by going through them all. I'm simply going to make the point that, for a question asked in that fashion, you cannot expect any other sort of response, really. If it's asked in that fashion, with that ironical expression, and it's asked where something is, I'm certainly going to allow the Attorney-General to address the question.

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