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

As I was saying, it had been directed to the wrong portfolio. Insofar as Senator Coonan wants the Human Services portfolio to answer the question that should have been directed to the repping minister—that is Senator Evans in respect of a question in the portfolio of Families, Housing and Community Services—if Senator Coonan wants the human services minister to address that in a general sense and then seek additional and further information from the relevant minister and/or the relevant repping minister, then I can do so. I will provide some broad comment, or, if Senator Coonan could indicate with a nod that she got it wrong and would prefer Senator Evans, who is the repping minister—