Alan Ferguson (SA, Deputy-President) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, on the point of order: I listened to Senator Faulkner’s comments in relation to whether or not Senator Carr was relevant and he made no attempt to suggest that Senator Carr was relevant but said that he had only used up one-quarter of his question time. To the best of my knowledge—and I just ask you to check—there is no provision in standing orders for a minister to use part of their answer to be totally irrelevant.