Senate debates

Thursday, 4 February 2016

Questions without Notice

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

2:04 pm

Photo of Penny WongPenny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I rise on a point of order: direct relevance. The question had nothing to do with what the Prime Minister, the foreign minister and whoever else did in Paris. It was a question that said:

How does the Prime Minister reconcile the abolition of 200 more science jobs with his claim support for science and innovation? Aren't these drastic cuts just another example of Prime Minister Turnbull saying one thing and doing the exact opposite?

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