Tony Smith (Speaker) Share this | Hansard source

The member for Herbert has been warned, and he should not blame the member for Braddon! As I made clear in the last ruling—I am perhaps unfairly trying to anticipate the Manager of Opposition Business's point of order—I decided to allow the question because I think there should be openness and free-flowing debate. Where a question contains a number of statements—and there were quite a number of them; more than three, I think—it is almost impossible for the Prime Minister on that topic to not be relevant. If I allow broad questions, then I am going to allow broad answers.

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