Mr BURKE (Watson—Manager of Opposition Business) (14:54): My question is to the Prime Minister. This morning the Deputy Prime Minister has given an extensive interview to Fairfax papers about the watering down of protections against racist hate speech, an issue he says: … lives in the extremities of the bell curve. Where do you meet those people? At party meetings, they are absolutely blessed people and they are terribly politically involved and they have an intense interest in some of the minutiae of debate. They come into your office to rant and rave about it, all four of them. Does the Deputy Prime Minister's statement reflect government policy, and can the Prime Minister name all four? The SPEAKER: The Prime Minister will answer the question, because at the very end— Mr Pyne: Mr Speaker— The SPEAKER: I will hear from the Leader of the House on a point of order. Mr Pyne: Mr Speaker, honestly, we have a pretty long bow in this building about questions to the Prime Minister, but how on earth is that question within the Prime Minister's responsibilities, especially the end of it? None of those points are points made by the Prime Minister. Opposition members interjecting— The SPEAKER: Members on my left will cease interjecting. Mr Pyne: And, while I am sure he is happy to answer it, the point is we have to draw the line somewhere with what is or is not within the standing orders. Opposition members interjecting— The SPEAKER: Members on my left will cease interjecting, or I am going to ask the Leader of the House to begin all over again. I have listened very carefully to the question. The Leader of the House makes a reasonable point—that most of the question, which took the entire 30 seconds, was quotations and not relevant to the Prime Minister. There was one very small aspect of the question that asked whether the statements reflected government policy. As the Prime Minister is responsible for government policy—I have tried to be consistent—I am going to rule the question in order. But I am flagging, as I have flagged before, that questions that are just completely out of order, apart from a very small number of words, I do not think are going to have a very long life under my speakership, because I think it is an abuse. Mr Albanese: Except if they're funny, Mr Speaker! The SPEAKER: Well, Member for Grayndler, you did not ask the question. The Prime Minister has the call on this occasion.