Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Government Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

I have two matters to raise regarding the point of order. Firstly, the last matter raised—which was simply a reiteration of his question—is impermissible, and the senator should be pulled up for that because it is not a point of order. The first matter raised by Senator Cormann was relevance. The minister has been relevant to the question. The question was about NBN Co. and Telstra’s heads of agreement that was announced yesterday. That was the answer that the minister had been dealing with. Of course, the minister has been comprehensively dealing with that and has not fallen outside that. So I humbly submit that the minister has been directly relevant to the question asked.