Tony Smith (Speaker) Share this | Hansard source

I'd just say to the member: that's what I was alluding to with the first part of his question that had some politically charged language. If he'd just asked that, he'd have a point, but the question, at its heart, contains an accusation, and that enables the minister to respond to that accusation. I'm not going to be too precious about the question, for reasons that a couple of people with long memories here will know, but we won't go into that. The minister has the call.

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