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

I raise a point of order on direct relevance, Mr President. As the minister rightly observes, this question is substantially the same as a question that Senator Abetz asked Senator Wong. I have given her the opportunity to answer to me what she failed to answer to him. Nothing she has said so far bears even remotely on the question, let alone being directly relevant to it. Why is the government increasing the debt limit by $50 billion?