Melissa McIntosh asks Anthony Albanese the same sort of question about whether someone going to the doctor only needs their Medicare card, asking “my question is to the Prime Minister, “on February 28 the Prime Minister promised Australians that to see a GP all they would need was their Medicare card, not to their credit card. Is that still the Prime Minister ‘s position?”

Albanese gives much the same answer and then McIntosh goes to ask a point of order and is warned by Milton Dick that the PM is being relevant, so to be careful in her point of order. She goes there anyway (which is her right) and Dick internalises a sigh that can be heard in Tasmania.

Dick:

You would like a direct answer to that, Member for Lindsay you would like a yes or no? Right? Well, well, order stop no. It’s the same thing I can’t help you with that because the Standing Orders don’t let me direct the Prime Minister to answer the question how you would like it to be answered. If the Prime Minister is reading the statement about that and not talk about anything else he is being relevant. I may follow I have a list of them, leader of opposition about all speakers who have refused to take points of order, we can go through that list at this point I’m giving everybody a fair warning unless it is about the person not being on topic, not because you don’t like the answer, I will start to not take the points of order. While the Prime Minister is giving direct answers I want everyone to be crystal clear moving forward.