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

Mr President, we now have a point of order taken without even pointing out what the subject matter or the issue was. All that the opposition have now said is, ‘We rise to take a point of order; we rise on whether it’s directly relevant or not,’ without even justifying the position that they have put. It is a frivolous point of order from the opposition on this issue, without their actually describing what is or is not directly relevant. The opposition jump up, say, ‘The minister is not being directly relevant,’ and sit down. On that basis, they should remain seated. There is no point of order. It has not been raised. The minister has been answering the question asked.