Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Shadow Assistant Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I rise on a point of order. I am pointing to the requirement for the minister to be directly relevant to the question. I asked a very specific question as to whether the minister, her office or her department was told by Mr Gonski that Peter Costello was the most qualified person on the Future Fund board to be appointed as its next chairman—yes or no? It is a very specific question. It requires a yes or no answer. While the minister might want to carry on with all of the other stuff, that is what we are wanting to hear.