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

Mr President, I rise on a point of order. The minister, in addressing you in that dismissive and contemptuous way—‘Mr President, I appreciate your advice’—has shown total disregard for your authority in the chair. If ever a president in command of this chamber were to sit a senator down, you ought to do that to this minister now.