Ms LEY (Farrer—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (14:59): My question is to the Minister for the Environment and Water. In the last parliament, the member asked 16 questions in question time relating to the serious allegations aired on The Project. When asked about this questioning on Sunrise on 5 June this year, the minister stated, 'Nobody tells me what to ask in question time.' Did the minister engage with any third parties regarding the content of these questions before she asked them? The SPEAKER: I'll hear from the Leader of the House. Mr Burke: In terms of the earlier ruling and Practice, Mr Speaker, the final tag of the question has to be about the statement, not about taking it somewhere else. You can't refer to the statement and say, 'Having done that, now I'm going to ask about this.' The question has to be about what was said in the statement, because the statement is what was said as a minister. The SPEAKER: I'll hear from the manager. Mr Fletcher: Mr Speaker, the question very specifically went to what the minister said in her interview on 5 June this year, describing her practices in relation to question time. The SPEAKER: That part of the question is in order. As to the last part, or the hook, that the deputy leader was adding into that, regarding another subsequent question, I just want to remind all members Practice allows questions only to what the minister has said as a minister. She is entitled to answer that question. I'll listen to her carefully to make sure she's relevant to that part of the question. The deputy leader? Ms Ley: Mr Speaker, I submit to your ruling that there is one question that I have asked that relates to one statement that the minister made in a media interview, and my question directly relates to that statement. With respect to your comment that there's a hook of some alternative question, it is simply not present. It is a straightforward question about—'I don't take instructions about questions I ask'—whether she had any engagement with any third parties about the content of those questions. Mr Alba nese: Two separate questions. Ms Ley: And I submit they are not two questions, Prime Minister. The SPEAKER: I just call the minister to the dispatch box. She can answer the question, and I'm going to listen carefully to make sure she's being relevant to the question and to standing orders.