Christopher Pyne (Sturt, Liberal Party, Minister for Education) Share this | Hansard source

Madam Speaker, I rise on a point of order. On two points the question does not stand. In spite of your giving the Acting Leader of the Opposition an opportunity to rephrase her question, she still has failed to state the source: who she is quoting—

Opposition members interjecting—

The point of order is that the question is out of order. The second reason it is out of order is that the last part of the question was entirely hypothetical—it was argument, not a question—and therefore it cannot stand. The Manager of Opposition Business needs to get the questions right rather than simply expect you, Madam Speaker, to put up with questions that do not fit the standing orders.

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