Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Hansard source

That isn't a point of order; that's a comment by the member for Deakin. As I said to the Leader of the Opposition and I have said to others during the week, I'm simply not going to have people get up and say what they feel or what they'd like to say during question time. There are rules to follow and there are standing orders to follow. You're entitled to take a point of order, and I gave you that courtesy, but you didn't show the same respect to the chamber. You simply got up and said that you didn't like how the Prime Minister was answering the question or whatever he was doing, so you're going to leave the chamber under 94(a).

The member for Deakin then left the chamber.

Opposition members interjecting—

No, we are not going to have that! If people want to make points of order, they will always be given that opportunity to do so. They will be given that out of respect. I ask the same respect to be shown by following the standing orders. Now, if the Prime Minister is going to be asked a broad question about the last 2½ years and all sorts of things, he's going to be pretty broad in his answer. The member for Hume—

The Treasurer is warned. I'm not having this today. We're not going to have this back and forth across the chamber, this freewheeling, okay? I'm going to listen to the Prime Minister. I'm going to make sure he is being directly relevant to the topic he was asked about. He can't go round the world, but I'm going to make sure he's being directly relevant.

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