Tony Smith (Speaker) Share this | Hansard source

Leader of the Opposition: you need to resume your seat. I'm going to go back to where I did yesterday and—

A government member interjecting

The minister for—yes, it's okay. I'd just stop right there. I'm going to be very clear about this. It was not a specific question about electric cars. If that's all that was asked, you would have a valid point of order, but when you have on it a tag line that's about support for Labor's policies it opens the question right up.

Yes, that's right. I don't want to have an argument. I've got a copy of it in front of me. I don't want to read the question again: 'Given you now support Labor's policy on net zero.' The Prime Minister is entitled to respond to that. If you don't want him to do that, don't put it in the question. Just ask a specific question about electric vehicles. You didn't ask that. The Prime Minister has the call. He's completely in order.

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