Harry Jenkins (Speaker) Share this | Hansard source

I again refer to comments made in House of Representatives Practice about whether people think that they can predict the specificity of the answer. I have listened carefully to the response from the Minister for Foreign Affairs; he is responding to the question. If those in the chamber would listen carefully to the totality of the answer they could then make a summation. I cannot ask that the foreign minister give a yes/no, ABC answer. Sometimes it may take a master’s thesis to answer. So the foreign minister is giving a thorough answer.

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