Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Hansard source

I can appreciate the member would like a yes/no answer and he would like a direct response to the—

Opposition members interjecting—

I'm trying to work with the member for Hume here, so work with me. The way the standing orders are written, unless the Prime Minister is being out of order by not addressing the relevance part of the question, it is very difficult for me to make any minister give the answer that you'd like—

Opposition members interjecting—

Order! We're just going to deal with this in an orderly way. The Leader of the Opposition, further to the point of order of the Manager of Opposition Business.

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