George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Shadow Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, on a point of order: the minister is in plain defiance of your ruling. The question was whether he could explain to half a million Australian students the failure to deliver laptops and whether he could give an assurance that the program will be delivered by December 2011. A commentary or a criticism of the Liberal Party’s policy has no bearing on the answer to either of those questions. This is one of several occasions in this question time when Minister Carr has been in open defiance of your ruling and your authority.