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

On the direct relevance rule, and as the member opposite knows from the time that he was on this side, it has always been the case that the question is whether or not the answer that's being given is relevant to the subject matter. It might not be the answer that the shadow minister wants, it might not be what he would have written had he been offering dictation, but that is not the question under the standing orders.

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