Ms LEY (Farrer—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (14:46): My question is to the Minister for the Environment. I refer the minister to her recent interviews on Channel 7's Sunrise. Was the minister or her office aware, prior to 15 February 2021, of the allegations aired on The Project that night? The SPEAKER: The Leader of the House is seeking the call. Mr Burke: I refer to pages 554 and 555 of Practice. There are a number of occasions, and we've been through this a lot over the years and there are many precedents under Speaker Smith, where, if a question is asked about someone that goes to a period prior to them holding the portfolio, the first question that can only be asked is to refer to the quotation where as a minister they have reference back to it and to ask whether that is correct. Simply referring to it and then asking a different question—certainly, in our whole time in opposition, that never got it over the line. The first question always had to be providing the quotation exactly in line with that precedent, asking whether that was accurate and, then, subsequent questions could come based on the answer the minister had then given. That's the way it's worked here the whole way through. The SPEAKER: I will hear from the Manager of Opposition Business. Mr Fletcher: Practice is very clear at page 555: … where Ministers have made statements either inside or outside the House about matters that may concern their actions before becoming a Member and/or a Minister, questions have been permitted on those statements. The question was, very specifically, in relation to quite extensive statements the minister who's received the question made about this matter on Sunrise on Monday and, indeed, prior to that. Mr Rob Mitchell interjecting— The SPEAKER: Order! The member for McEwen will not interject. I just want to be clear on this point of Practice. Questions of this nature are problematic because, as members know, standing orders are clear that ministers can only be asked about questions about which they are currently responsible for. Whilst the deputy leader did frame the question around media statements and comments that were made, I want to be clear, and the minister has indicated she's happy to take the question, moving forward, that members can only ask questions about issues, in the statement, around page 555, 'where ministers have made statements either inside or outside the House about matters that may concern their actions before becoming a member and a minister', that questions have been permitted on these statements, twice. I'm going to allow the minister to be careful with her answer to make sure she's conforming with the standing orders but also in making it relevant to the question regarding her statement, not regarding anything before she was a minister but regarding her statements as a minister. I give her the call.