Mr GUY ZANGARI: My question is to the Deputy Premier. Given his statements to the Daily Telegraph that, "I'm very careful of what I do on Facebook," why is he friends with a group called Australia is Dying, which makes derogatory remarks about Islam?

The SPEAKER: Order! Government members will come to order. The Leader of the House has the call.

Mr Brad Hazzard: Point of order: Madam Speaker, you previously ruled that if similar questions were asked you would rule them out of order. I ask you to rule this question out of order. Clearly, this line of questioning is outside the Minister's appropriate brief, and it is quite distasteful and improper.

The SPEAKER: Order! Members should refer to—

Mr Michael Daley: Madam Speaker—

The SPEAKER: Order! The member will resume his seat. I am ruling on the point of order taken under Standing Order 128, which sets out the nature of questions that can be asked and should not be asked. I will hear from the member for Maroubra before I rule that question out of order.

[Interruption]

The SPEAKER: Order! My decision is in accordance with my earlier ruling.

Mr Michael Daley: Madam Speaker, the only qualifier you earlier put on potential questions of that sort was that if they were inflammatory you would rule them out of order.

The SPEAKER: Order! I did not use the word "inflammatory". The member should check Hansard.

Mr Michael Daley: Or provocative, or to that effect.

The SPEAKER: I used the word "provocative".

Mr Michael Daley: Yes, to that effect. Madam Speaker, you have allowed the previous question, and the question of the member for Fairfield is less provocative than other questions that have been asked today. So, having allowed the earlier question, in light of your conditional ruling I submit the question was not out of order.

The SPEAKER: Order! I was extending some latitude and some tolerance to Opposition members' questions, and warning them about the wording of their questions. However, I repeat: Members should acquaint themselves with the standing orders, especially Standing Order 128, in terms of imputation and inference in particular. I rule the question out of order.