Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Murray Darling Basin) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I rise on a point of order. On the matter of direct relevance, you just asked the minister to return to the question. He simply responded by saying, ‘I was addressing the question’—ignoring your ruling. He has five seconds left in which he can still answer this question with the word ‘yes’ or ‘no’.