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

Mr President, I rise on a point of order. Sessional orders require the minister to be directly relevant. A question that is framed referring to a specific pre-election promise does not allow the minister to traverse every pre-election promise that Labor may have made. This was one about openness and transparency and that is what, under sessional orders, the minister needs to address. If he cannot—and we all think he cannot—he should sit down.