Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Government Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

On the point of order: Minister Sherry has been answering the question. Minister Sherry has been relevant to the question being asked. Specifically in relation to this point of order, it is not appropriate for a questioner to then use the point of order to encourage the senator to answer yes or no. It is completely outside of the question that was asked to then suggest the response be yes or no. The minister is answering the question in the way that the minister is able to provide information to the Senate, and trying to frame it in a point of order by asking the minister to answer yes or no is completely inappropriate.