Scott Ryan (Victoria, Liberal Party, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Education and Training) Share this | Hansard source

Madam Acting Deputy President, I rise on a point of order. I reiterate what I said earlier. I think Senator Bernardi is responding to debate in the chamber. He is well within order because he is commenting on the regard of Senate reports, which has been raised by numerous other contributors to this debate, and on the regard of the government's response. I think, to be fair, the chamber has traditionally allowed quite a lot of latitude on this. I have myself sat here and listened to debates where there was a much less clear link between the topic before the chamber and the contribution being made.