Stephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

On the point of order, Mr President: not even 20 seconds of the answer have gone by. It is almost impossible for Senator Brandis’s point of order to be upheld, on the basis that the minister has not had the time to get remotely close to complying with Senator Brandis’s demand. Senator Brandis has jumped too early once again. He is like a jack-in-the-box over there. He is ensuring that this question time descends into a farce—