Helen Kroger (Victoria, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

At the request of Senator Parry, I move:

That standing order 72 be amended, with effect from the next day of sitting, as follows:

Omit paragraph (3), substitute:

(3) (a) The asking of each primary question shall not exceed one minute and answers to them shall not exceed two minutes.

(b) Two supplementary questions shall be allowed to each questioner, each supplementary question shall be limited to thirty seconds and the answers to them shall be limited to one minute each.

(c) Answers shall be directly relevant to each question.

Question agreed to.