Bob Brown (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, on a point of order: the new plan in here is for a two-minute answer to the first question and a one-minute answer to subsequent questions. There were eight questions in the senator’s first question to the minister, and we are now at the sixth or so. It is simply impossible to answer so many questions. I ask if you would take note of these questions and report back to the Senate. I ask you to report on whether or not it is feasible for eight questions to be answered in two minutes or six questions to be answered in one minute. There needs to be some reason brought into the process.