House debates Questions without Notice

Special Minister of State

Wednesday, 2 December 2015 House of Representatives

Mark Dreyfus

Mark Dreyfus Isaacs, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Attorney General

2:50 pm

My question is to the Prime Minister. On 19 November, the Prime Minister said:

The answer is yes, I do have confidence in Mr Brough.

Why is it that, while the Prime Minister has been away, no government member has been willing to speak in the parliament in defence of his minister? Is the Prime Minister the only member of his government to have any confidence in the Special Minister of State?

Tony Smith

Tony Smith Speaker

The question is out of order. I call the member for Lindsay.