Mr SNOWDON (Lingiari) (14:59): My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to his attempt to suppress voting rights in Australia. Has the Prime Minister no understanding of the impact this move will have on remote communities across this country or does he know exactly how it will suppress the vote and this is precisely why he's doing it? The SPEAKER: The Leader of the House? Mr Dutton: Mr Speaker, I suggest to you that that question—in the way in which it was framed, at least—offends the standing orders. It has all sorts of imputations which are baseless and incorrect and, frankly, a slur that is beneath this member of the parliament. It should be ruled out of order. The SPEAKER: I've listened carefully to the Leader of the House. Question time is robust, as I certainly know, but they are questions, and I have consistently adopted the approach of former Speaker Andrew, who certainly had a more liberal ruling than some earlier speakers, and that simply is that, if I rule questions like that out of order, it really just allows the matter to stand, and there is no capacity to respond to it as vigorously as you'd like. I've got the question here in front of me. The first part of it is an accusation, and then there are two questions. I will rule the question in order, and the Special Minister of State will answer.