Scott Ryan (President) Share this | Hansard source

Senator, on the point of order, the minister was being directly relevant.

Senator Jacinta Collins interjecting—

Let me finish before you interject on me, Senator Collins. The minister was being directly relevant. I accept that ministers occasionally stray in their answers for a sentence or two. Most ministers have done that, but the minister was at the commencement of the question—

Senator Jacinta Collins interjecting—

Can I please finish the ruling, and then make another point of order if you want. The minister was directly addressing the question—not in the term that all senators may like—at the commencement of his answer. He has 14 seconds to return to that.