A live press conference with Treasurer Scott Morrison ended on a bizarre note after he took a reporter's phone and offered to read his questions aloud.
Mr Morrison had been fielding questions about housing affordibility alongside the Assistant Minister to the Treasurer Michael Sukkar in Melbourne on Thursday.
ABC reporter Guy Stayner later quizzed Mr Morrison about why the government gave $30 million to Fox Sports as part of its latest Budget.
After persistent questioning, Mr Morrison's patience appeared to wear thin.
"It appears there's no paper trail for this $30 million fund," Mr Stayner began, before being cut off by Mr Morrison.
"Well, you can make all the assertions you like, but that doesn't make them true," the Treasurer said.
"Is there a paper trail?" Mr Stayner followed up.
"Again, I'm happy to deal with the issue offline," Mr Morrison said.
Mr Stayner appeared to try and ask two more questions from his phone on another topic, prompting Mr Morrison to reach for Mr Stayner's phone and offer to read out the questions for him.
Those nearby could be heard laughing as Mr Stayner agreed to hand it over.
"I'll just read the questions out, I'll save you the trouble," Mr Morrison laughed. "Who's sending me the questions? I should know who's asking them actually."
The questions were about whether Mr Morrison supported a plebiscite for pre-selection in New South Wales.
As he answered, Mr Morrison appeared to hand the phone back to Mr Stayner.
At the end of the press conference, Mr Stayner jokingly asked if Mr Morrison had anything else he wanted to read.
"I'll send a text message back," the Treasurer laughed.
ABC Political reporter Matt Doran later posted a video of the exchange on Twitter.
"Do you think ScoMo got grumpy with being grilled by @GuyStayner? I think ScoMo got grumpy," he wrote.
Mr Stayner laughed off the exchange by tweeting a selfie with the Treasurer.
@ScottMorrisonMP stole my phone mid-presser but he did give it back for this selfie @abcnews @abcnewsMelb pic.twitter.com/RHyRiDbVP7
— Guy Stayner (@GuyStayner) July 20, 2017
