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

As I was saying on the point of order, there are two parts to it. The first part is the opposition have simply used that as an opportunity of restating the quest­ion. The second part is that the minister was answering the question that was asked. It is not an opportunity for those opposite to simply restate the question again, even if it is not in quite the same form. On that basis there is no point of order. The minister has been answering the question directly.