Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Hansard source

Order. I know where the Leader of the Opposition is coming from. She was talking about a policy topic about a tax that wasn't mentioned specifically. The Prime Minister was asked about 'under the government's tax policy'. I just remind the Leader of the Opposition that you can't bring new material into the point of order. I understand her point of order—she's trying to get the Prime Minister to talk about a specific topic—but the name of the tax would be helpful for future questions.

I'll just make sure that we deal with this issue of relevance. I remind all members of page 567 of Practice, about direct relevance. We're not getting into bad habits early, but I generally am making sure ministers and the Prime Minister refer to the policy topic. He will need to refine his remarks to regarding the tax policy he was asked about.

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