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

Mr Speaker, standing order 98(d) expressly says what questioners must not ask ministers. There is nothing in this question other than a legal opinion. The entire question is a legal opinion. There's nothing else in it at all. If ever there was a question that just completely offends the prohibition in standing order 98, this is it.

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