Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Hansard source

Order! The part of the question I'm most interested in was, 'How can Australians afford another three years of Labor?' The Treasurer is disagreeing with that, and he is saying why that is not the case by looking at why he believes the figures that he's quoting—

You don't need to point to anyone. If you're asking a question about that, he's going to contest that and he's going to give evidence as to why he thinks that's wrong. So he is being directly relevant. He's not talking about alternative policies. He's talking about facts and numbers. I'm listening to him carefully, but, if you've got a broad question around the past and the government's record, he's going to defend it—or the Whitlam government. No matter what it is, he's going to defend what he's doing, so he's being directly relevant. He has the call.

The member for Moreton will leave the chamber under 94(a).

The member for Moreton then left the chamber.

We're not having those sorts of interjections. The member for Hume is entitled to raise his point of order.

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