Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, on a point of order: the supplementary question was very specific in relation to the false numbers that the minister provided in his original answer. The Australian Bureau of Statistics puts the lie to the minister’s assertion—and I asked him specifically about that. He can go on a bash with regard to the coalition but it does not answer the question.