Paul Fletcher (Bradfield, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Government Services and the Digital Economy) Share this | Hansard source

It goes to the question of the extent to which ministers are given free rein to simply give their own interpretation of what's happened over the last 10 years.

An honourable member interjecting—

The point of order, brainiac, is relevance! Standing order 98(c) is quite clear on the range of topics that ministers can be asked about. It is restricted to public affairs, administration and proceedings pending in the House. Then, of course, there's the well-understood requirement that an answer must be directly relevant to the question. It cannot be appropriate that there's a construct under which a minister is asked a question which invites them to reflect in the broadest possible terms on the conduct of the previous government. He should be telling the Australian people what the Albanese government's plans are to solve the problem.

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