Christopher Pyne (Sturt, Liberal Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Hansard source

Madam Speaker, on a point of order: I am just wondering how this question could possibly be in order when it is based on gossip around the building rather than any kind of fact. It is just ascertain. At best it could be hypothetical, but it is actually just based on gossip. I do not know how the foreign minister can be expected to respond to it.

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