House debates

Tuesday, 18 August 2026

Questions without Notice

Housing

2:26 pm

Photo of Milton DickMilton Dick (Speaker) | Hansard source

Yes. The question contained 'yesterday the minister said', so that's going to be reflected in her answer. Speaker Wallace, on 24 November 2021, dealt with this issue, when the question was very open-ended; it talked about the Prime Minister's position. So we'll have to follow that example as well. I think everyone's been here long enough to realise that if you get a broad question there will be a fairly broad answer. But so far the minister is being directly relevant regarding what she was asked yesterday. She was asked about rents in terms of that question. So the manager's—

Leader of the Opposition, when I'm trying to deal with an issue, it is not helpful for you to continually to be interjecting on me—

as you're doing now. Don't interject while I'm speaking, because I'm trying to assist, just as the manager was, the running of the House.

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