Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Hansard source

I'm going to listen carefully, but the minister is on topic because part of the question says, 'How are the figures much lower than those when the coalition was in government?' I suggest to the manager and the House that the minister is potentially not agreeing with that and arguing the point in the question. So, whilst he was asked about figures, he was also asked about the previous government, because that was mentioned in the question, so he'll have to address that part of the question to talk about the previous government. If he wasn't asked about figures in a previous term or a previous government, he wouldn't be able to talk about that, but he is being directly relevant. But I just want to make sure that, with his remarks, he is being directly relevant to that part of the question.

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