Mr Tony Burke (Watson, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Hansard source

On the point of order: for the benefit of the Manager of Opposition Business, standing order 98, which he referred to at the start, carries the rules for the questions. They apply to the questioner. Standing order 104 is the one that refers to the answers, and that's the standing order that refers to the minister. It's not a valid point of order to use standing order 98 to try to limit what's in an answer. This question specifically included 'What are the consequences of a failure to act?' and the minister is being specifically relevant to it.

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