National Partnership Agreement on Remote Indigenous Housing

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) (14:26): Final supplementary, Mr President.

The PRESIDENT: It had better be a proper supplementary.

The Hon. K.J. MAHER: Can the minister inform the chamber of the name of the head of the department in Canberra they are dealing with, the name of that department or the actual amount of money that has been provided for remote Aboriginal housing—any of those three things?

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (Minister for Human Services) (14:27): I don't know the name of the head of the department.

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: I'm ruling it—

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: I do not know his name.

The PRESIDENT: Minister—

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: I do not know who it is.

The PRESIDENT: Minister, sit down. That question was out of order because it was related to the second response to the Leader of the Opposition's second supplementary.

Members interjecting:

The Hon. J.M.A. Lensink: Well, I don't. The department deals with it.

The PRESIDENT: The Hon. Ms Scriven.

The Hon. J.M.A. Lensink: Do you know how it works?

The PRESIDENT: Can the government frontbench restrain themselves as well.