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long this amalgamation will last? The lacklustre Peter Dutton has taken over the portfolio after a disastrous tenure as health minister. He completely alienated the public and all other—
Mrs Dunne: Point of order, Madam Assistant Speaker.
MADAM ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Ms Lawder): Point of order.
Mrs Dunne: Madam Assistant Speaker, I thought this was a motion about the importance of keeping Immigration in Belconnen and not a sequential character attack on ministers for immigration and border protection. I would like you to ask the member to be relevant.
MADAM ASSISTANT SPEAKER: Thank you.
Mr Gentleman: On the point of order, Madam Assistant Speaker.
MADAM ASSISTANT SPEAKER: Mr Gentleman on the point of order.
Mr Gentleman: The motion, in part (b), goes specifically to commonwealth public agencies located in Belconnen. Therefore, it is relevant.
MADAM ASSISTANT SPEAKER: Thank you.
Mrs Dunne: What, character attacks on ministers?
MADAM ASSISTANT SPEAKER: Mrs Dunne, order! Dr Bourke, I would like to ask you to remain relevant to the motion at hand.
DR BOURKE: As I said, Madam Assistant Speaker, Peter Dutton has taken over this portfolio. He has a previous record of alienating the public and other stakeholders over the Medicare co-payment variations—
Mrs Dunne: Point of order. Madam Assistant Speaker, Minister Dutton’s previous record—
MADAM ASSISTANT SPEAKER: Stop the clock, please.
Mrs Dunne: Minister Dutton’s performance as the Minister for Health is entirely irrelevant to this debate. You have already ruled. Dr Bourke got up and repeated what he had previously said, in defiance of your ruling.
MADAM ASSISTANT SPEAKER: Thank you, Mrs Dunne. I uphold the point of order. Dr Bourke—
DR BOURKE: On the point of order, Madam Assistant Speaker—
MADAM ASSISTANT SPEAKER: Can I just finish what I am saying first? I uphold the point of order. Dr Bourke, I asked you to remain relevant, not to repeat
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