Bob McMullan (Fraser, Australian Labor Party) | Link to this | Hansard source

Mr Speaker, I have a question to you relating to the standing orders. Yesterday and today you ruled out parts of questions, saying that they were unnecessary. Could you advise the House, maybe next week or on the next sitting day, of the standing order of precedent under which you have the right to rule parts of questions out on the grounds that they are unnecessary?

David Hawker (Speaker) | Link to this | Hansard source

I thank the member for Fraser. If he checks, I think I was ruling them out of order on the basis that they were asking for an opinion.