Tony Smith (Speaker) Share this | Hansard source

Order! Members on both sides will cease interjecting. I'll address this in two parts, as delicately as I can. It is right that members shouldn't use props; they're undesirable. But holding up the budget paper—

An honourable member interjecting—

No, if I stop every time someone interrupts me this might take till 10 past three. The Leader of the Opposition did raise, I think, a legitimate point of order. The Prime Minister was certainly in order up until the fact he broadened out into a number of other issues. He needs to relate his material obviously to the question. Also, to the Leader of the House, in terms of the point of order, I am not sure that he necessarily heard all of the question when it was asked. The Treasurer.

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