Mr HOGAN (Page—Deputy Manager of Opposition Business) (14:52): My question is to the Minister for Indigenous Affairs. First Nations working group member and Yes 23 director Thomas Mayo has stated: … we need the power of the Constitution behind us so we can organise like we've never organised before … and: We keep going, we maintain this momentum, until we change the system, until we tear down the institutions … Does the minister agree with Mr Mayo's statements? The SPEAKER: There is some difficulty with that question, because the minister has got to be directly responsible. I'll hear from the Leader of the House about the responsibilities of the minister. Mr Burke: On a point of order: this question was framed quite differently to the previous one. This one does not go to the minister's responsibilities at all. The SPEAKER: I'm going to give you another chance to rephrase the question—and I need to be clear that the minister is responsible for the working group, not the Attorney-General. I'm just going to seek some advice on that point. If she's not responsible for the working group, the question will have to be redirected. I'll seek some advice from the Clerk. I'll give the shadow minister the opportunity to rephrase the question. The Leader of the Opposition, on a point of order? Mr Dutton: Mr Speaker, it might help you in your ruling to understand, as I do, that the Minister for Indigenous Affairs makes the appointments of the people, including Mr Mayo, to the referendum working group. The work of the working group is solely within the responsibility of the minister. The minister meets regularly with the working group and has provided support to the working group. In fact, it is funded, as I understand it, by the minister's department—the secretariat, the costs of Mr Mayo and others to travel around the country. On that basis, I put it to you that it is squarely within the minister's responsibility. The SPEAKER: I will invite the member for Page to rephrase the question, so that it is the minister's responsibility. Mr HOGAN: My question is to the Minister for Indigenous Affairs. First Nations working group member and Yes 23 director Thomas Mayo has stated: We keep going, we maintain this momentum, until we change the system, until we tear down the institutions … Given that the minister's responsible for the working group and the people on the working group, does she agree with Mr Mayo's statements? Government members interjecting— The SPEAKER: Order! Members on my left! I'll hear from the Leader of the House. Mr Burke: The rephrasing doesn't solve the problem that I raised in the previous point of order, which is that, after all of the context, the question is just, 'Does the minister agree with someone else's statement?' and that doesn't go to her responsibilities. The SPEAKER: I'll hear from the Manager of Opposition Business. Mr Fletcher: It's absolutely clear that the establishment of the Referendum Working Group is within the minister's responsibilities. She can respond to this as she chooses, but the suggestion that the question is in some way out of order is completely incorrect. The SPEAKER: Every minister cannot be held responsible for every single statement made by the person that they've appointed, but the question is on the borderline. I'm going to allow it, but just for future reference: questions should be phrased about not just agreeing with the statement, more about the actions.