Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Hansard source

There's nothing against the standing orders in the Treasurer quoting from a book. I don't know who the author of this book is. I may have a suspicion, but the Treasurer needs to make sure the quote that he is referring to—because the manager is correct. He was asked a question, but there was a bit of a preamble in there about the scenario.

The member for Gippsland is not helping. The Treasurer has just got to make sure that, whatever this quote is, it is of direct relevance to the question that was asked.

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