Tony Smith (Speaker) Share this | Hansard source

No, no. I'm going to actually rule on it. We're not going to have a three-way debate. Normally I would be saying to the Prime Minister that he wasn't asked about alternatives. But the first line of the question wasn't what your point of order was. The first line opened the question up, because it stated 'Now that the government has signed up to Labor's policies for net zero.' So in that sense you asked about your own broad policies and—

Opposition members interjecting—

Well, you did. I didn't ask the question. Because of that, the Prime Minister has greater tolerance, with that preamble there. I'll just say again: if you're going to have a preamble in the question, don't expect that the specific part at the end will be the only part referred to.

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