Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Hansard source

Order! The minister for the environment and the Leader of the Opposition will cease their helpful remarks! The Prime Minister was asked, once again during question time, for a specific figure, number, fact or figure. If the Prime Minister wishes to release that figure or perhaps wants to talk about the topic regarding the impact on that figure—inflation would be a relevant impact—he can't talk about other things that aren't relative to the question. It was a very short question. There's not a lot of scope for the Prime Minister to go wide range here. But, so far, with talking about inflation and about the impact that that's having on the question, I think anyone would agree it is directly relevant. I ask the Prime Minister to continue, and to make sure he's directly relevant.

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