Tony Smith (Speaker) Share this | Hansard source

I won't hear from the Manager of Opposition Business at this point in time. I am going to rule the question out of order and give the opportunity to the member for Cowan to rephrase the question. I will tell you why: I've made it very clear in the past—and I know that the member for Isaacs hasn't forgotten this—that the substance of the question has to be in order. In other words, you cannot use the majority of what's asked that is deliberately out of order and then simply bolt on the reference to ministerial responsibility at the end. In other words: there was very little question and a lot of comment that related to internal party matters, which is prohibited from being in questions under the Practice. But I am happy to hear from the Leader of the Opposition as it is on this.

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